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Isotopes & Radiation
Members are devoted to applying nuclear science and engineering technologies involving isotopes, radiation applications, and associated equipment in scientific research, development, and industrial processes. Their interests lie primarily in education, industrial uses, biology, medicine, and health physics. Division committees include Analytical Applications of Isotopes and Radiation, Biology and Medicine, Radiation Applications, Radiation Sources and Detection, and Thermal Power Sources.
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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.
Stephen E. Binney, Richard D. Harris
Nuclear Technology | Volume 79 | Number 3 | December 1987 | Pages 322-327
Technical Paper | Nuclear Fuel | doi.org/10.13182/NT87-A34021
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The RIBD code results and calculated detector pulse-height distributions have been used to assess the capabilities of gamma-ray spectrometry as applied to the measurement of reactor coolant activity in the event of a severe fuel failure in a nuclear power plant. The associated interference effects of nearby photopeaks and the Compton continuum of higher energy gamma rays were considered in this assessment. Key radionuclides representative of differing degrees of fuel damage have been found to be measurable under severe accident conditions.
