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Nuclear Criticality Safety
NCSD provides communication among nuclear criticality safety professionals through the development of standards, the evolution of training methods and materials, the presentation of technical data and procedures, and the creation of specialty publications. In these ways, the division furthers the exchange of technical information on nuclear criticality safety with the ultimate goal of promoting the safe handling of fissionable materials outside reactors.
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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.
Sadamu Sawai, Yonesuke Iwakoshi
Nuclear Technology | Volume 86 | Number 3 | September 1989 | Pages 219-232
Technical Paper | Fission Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A34290
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The recent worldwide trend toward a stable uranium supply, slow growth in energy demand, and the progress in light water reactor technology necessitates much improvement in fast breeder reactor (FBR) technology if FBRs are to be commercially feasible and a stable future energy supply ensured. Commercialization of the FBR is now generally expected to be realized in the 2020s to 2030s, and much effort is being expended worldwide in upgrading FBR technology. In Japan, FBR development has the following goals:
