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Division Spotlight
Thermal Hydraulics
The division provides a forum for focused technical dialogue on thermal hydraulic technology in the nuclear industry. Specifically, this will include heat transfer and fluid mechanics involved in the utilization of nuclear energy. It is intended to attract the highest quality of theoretical and experimental work to ANS, including research on basic phenomena and application to nuclear system design.
Meeting Spotlight
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.
Truong V. Vo, Bryan F. Gore, Elizabeth J. Eschbach, Fredric A. Simonen
Nuclear Technology | Volume 88 | Number 1 | October 1989 | Pages 13-20
Technical Paper | Fission Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A34332
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Some of the goals of the Nondestructive Evaluation Reliability Program sponsored by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at Pacific Northwest Laboratory are to assess current inspection requirements for all pressure boundary systems and components, to determine whether improvements to the requirements are needed, and, if necessary, to develop recommendations for revising the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and regulatory requirements. Part of the work performed in addressing this goal was the development and demonstration of a method to establish in-service inspection priorities through the use of probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) results. The Oconee-3 PRA and the observed weld failure data of the nuclear plants operating in the United States are used to identify and prioritize the most risk-important systems for inspection. Failure modes and effects analysis methodology is then used to identify and prioritize the most riskimportant piping sections of the Oconee-3 emergency feedwater system. Based on the results of this study, this method is demonstrated to be a useful tool for identifying systems and piping sections or welds that need to be inspected.