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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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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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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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Article considers incorporation of AI into nuclear power plant operations
The potential application of artificial intelligence to the operation of nuclear power plants is explored in an article published in late December in the Washington Examiner. The article, written by energy and environment reporter Callie Patteson, presents the views of a number of experts, including Yavuz Arik, a strategic energy consultant.
Satoru Tsushima, Shinya Nagasaki, Atsuyuki Suzuki
Nuclear Technology | Volume 118 | Number 1 | April 1997 | Pages 42-48
Technical Paper | Kiyose Birthday Anniversary Special / Enrichment and Reprocessing System | doi.org/10.13182/NT97-A35355
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Photochemical techniques are used for the mutual separation of lanthanide elements. By emitting light from an ultrahigh-pressure mercury lamp to a nitric acid solution that contains fourfold mixtures of lanthanide elements (neodymium, samarium, europium, and gadolinium), (NH4)2SO4, and isopropyl formate, neodymium, samarium, and europium are photoreduced and form Ln2+ sulfates, while gadolinium is not photoreduced and does not coprecipitate. When lanthanum is introduced instead of gadolinium, lanthanum coprecipitates along with neodymium, samarium, and europium. These results are explained by photolyzing Nd-Gd and Nd-La systems for comparison, and the difference in precipitation behaviors between these two systems is explained by the differences in ion size of these elements. Photolysis is also performed for a Nd-Am system. Am3+ is carried along with neodymium and coprecipitated. As a way to decrease the amount of americium carried along with neodymium, americium is photo-chemically oxidized by emitting light from a deuterium lamp as well as from a mercury lamp. The fraction of americium carried with neodymium decreases with the use of this technique. This result is also explained by the differences in ion size of these elements.
