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Radiation Protection & Shielding
The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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Four million nuclear jobs by 2050: Who will do them?
Industry leaders from around the globe met this month to discuss the talent development that will be necessary for the long-term success of the nuclear industry.
The International Conference on Nuclear Knowledge Management and Human Resources Development, hosted by the International Atomic Energy Agency, was held in Vienna earlier this month. Discussed there was the agency’s forecast for nuclear capacity to more than double—or hopefully triple—by 2050 and the requirement of more than four million professionals to support the industry.
Wade J. Richards, Howard A. Larson
Nuclear Technology | Volume 76 | Number 3 | March 1987 | Pages 408-419
Technical Paper | Material | doi.org/10.13182/NT87-A33926
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Several neutron radiography experiments were done at the Neutron Radiography Reactor facility, Argonne National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho. Square samples of cadmium were exposed to collimated neutrons (L/D = 185 and 300) to determine the width of the squares. Two methods of analysis, the arctangent fitting technique and the differential smoothing technique, were applied to data produced by microdensitometer measurements of several types of film. The results were compared for accuracy and precision with a carefully calibrated measurement of the samples. From the mathematical analysis a resolution parameter is obtained that might serve as a facility calibration parameter.
