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Young Members Group
The Young Members Group works to encourage and enable all young professional members to be actively involved in the efforts and endeavors of the Society at all levels (Professional Divisions, ANS Governance, Local Sections, etc.) as they transition from the role of a student to the role of a professional. It sponsors non-technical workshops and meetings that provide professional development and networking opportunities for young professionals, collaborates with other Divisions and Groups in developing technical and non-technical content for topical and national meetings, encourages its members to participate in the activities of the Groups and Divisions that are closely related to their professional interests as well as in their local sections, introduces young members to the rules and governance structure of the Society, and nominates young professionals for awards and leadership opportunities available to members.
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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
Standards Program
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.
Masami Matsuda, Kiyomi Funabashi, Fumio Kawamura, Shunsuke Uchida, Katsumi Ohsumi
Nuclear Technology | Volume 78 | Number 1 | July 1987 | Pages 62-68
Technical Paper | Chemical Processing | doi.org/10.13182/NT87-A34009
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Weakly acidic carboxylic resin, with no sulfur atoms, was selected as an alternative to sulfonic cation exchange resin for water treatment in nuclear power plants. Pyrolysis experiments showed that no corrosive SOx gas was produced by the former, and its residual ratio was one-third that of the latter conventional resin. Spent resin treatment then becomes relatively simple for the new resin. Subsequently, filtration characteristics were examined by use of simulated condensate water, assuming that the resin was applied to a filter demineralizer. The resin lifetime was ∼1.5 times that of the conventional one, suggesting that the amount of spent resin generated from a filter demineralizer could be reduced to about two-thirds. Therefore, the carboxylic resin showed favorable features for both water purification and spent resin treatment.
