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The Education, Training & Workforce Development Division provides communication among the academic, industrial, and governmental communities through the exchange of views and information on matters related to education, training and workforce development in nuclear and radiological science, engineering, and technology. Industry leaders, education and training professionals, and interested students work together through Society-sponsored meetings and publications, to enrich their professional development, to educate the general public, and to advance nuclear and radiological science and engineering.
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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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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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2024: The Year in Nuclear—July through September
Another calendar year has passed. Before heading too far into 2025, let’s look back at what happened in 2024 in the nuclear community. In today's post, compiled from Nuclear News and Nuclear Newswire are what we feel are the top nuclear news stories from July through September 2024.
Stay tuned for the top stories from the rest of the past year.
Truong V. Vo, Michael S. Harris, Bryan F. Gore
Nuclear Technology | Volume 84 | Number 1 | January 1989 | Pages 14-22
Technical Paper | Fission Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A34192
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Probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) based inspection guidance has been developed using information from the PRA for Arkansas Nuclear One Unit 1 (ANO-1). This information will be used in conjunction with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Inspection and Enforcement Manual and has been prepared in the form of a plant-specific appendix for incorporation into this manual. An analytical method was developed for calculating risk importance for affected plant systems. This was used to prioritize the ANO-1 plant systems using the Fussel- Vesely importance measure on the basis of core melt probability. System fault trees were reanalyzed to identify and rank the risk significant components in each system. The product of this effort is a prioritized listing of systems and components associated with 98% of the inspectable portion of the risk from ANO-1. This compilation will subsequently be used by NRC inspectors in the preparation of inspection plans addressing risk-important systems and components at the ANO-1 power plant.
