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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
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Reviewers needed for NRC research proposals
The deadline is fast approaching for submitting an application to become a technical reviewer for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s fiscal year 2025 research grant proposals.
Kotaro Tonoike, Takemi Nakamura, Yuichi Yamane, Yoshinori Miyoshi
Nuclear Technology | Volume 143 | Number 3 | September 2003 | Pages 364-372
Technical Note | Reactor Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT03-A3424
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The gamma-ray monitor installed at Processing Facility 1 in the JCO Tokai-works recorded the gamma dose rate change over time in proportion to power (nuclear fission rate) in the precipitation vessel from the beginning of the criticality accident to the end of the critical condition. The shape of the gamma dose rate record from 25 min after occurrence to the point of termination ("plateau" part) was normalized using the fission number 2.2 × 1018, and the absolute value of the power was evaluated.
