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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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Oklo completes end-to-end demonstration of advanced fuel recycling
Oklo Inc. has announced that it has completed the first end-to-end demonstration of its advanced fuel recycling process as part of an ongoing $5 million project in collaboration with Argonne and Idaho National Laboratories. Oklo’s goal: scaling up its fuel recycling capabilities to deploy a commercial-scale recycling facility that would increase advanced reactor fuel supplies and enhance fuel cost effectiveness for its planned sodium fast reactors.
Salim N. Jahshan, William K. Terry
Nuclear Technology | Volume 110 | Number 1 | April 1995 | Pages 93-105
Fission Reactor | Burnup Credit | doi.org/10.13182/NT95-A35099
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The Broad-Application Test Reactor has been proposed for testing and isotope production missions in the early twenty-first century. Two conceptual designs, both employing metal plate fuel, light water coolant, and a heavy-water primary or secondary reflector region, survived an initial screening process. The Monte Carlo neutronics code (MCNP) was used to select one of these designs for future development. For each design, alternative fuel and pressure vessel materials were considered, and a preferred material was identified for each of the candidate designs. The design judged superior contains seven test regions, each surrounded by Zircaloy fuel annuli and enclosed by its own separate Zircaloy pressure boundary tube.