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Education, Training & Workforce Development
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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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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Virginia utility considers SMRs
Dominion Energy Virginia has issued a request for proposals from leading nuclear companies to study the feasibility of putting a small modular reactor at its North Anna nuclear power plant.
While the utility says it is not a commitment to build an SMR at the site, the RFP is “an important first step in evaluating the technology and the North Anna site to support Dominion Energy customers’ future energy needs consistent with the company’s most recent Integrated Resource Plan.”
Kazuichiro Hashimoto, Gunji Nishio, Kunihisa Soda
Nuclear Technology | Volume 101 | Number 2 | February 1993 | Pages 218-226
Technical Paper | Enrichment and Reprocessing System | doi.org/10.13182/NT93-A34783
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A solvent fire in the extraction process of a fuel reprocessing plant is postulated. Because of the high concentration of fission products and large amount of nuclear fuel materials in the extraction process, it is necessary to demonstrate that these radioactive materials can be confined by the air ventilation system during a solvent fire. Large-scale tests are performed in a fire/filter facility to evaluate the effectiveness of a ventilation system including high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters to confine radioactive materials. It is demonstrated that the integrity of the filters in the ventilation system can be maintained, and the decontamination factor of HEPA filters for smoke particles, which might contain radioactive materials, is sufficiently high during a postulated solvent fire.