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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
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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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Vogtle-3 shuts down for valve issue
One of the new Vogtle units in Georgia was shut down unexpectedly on Monday last week for a valve issue that has since been investigated and repaired. According to multiple local news outlets, Georgia Power reported on July 17 that Unit 3 was back in service.
Southern Company spokesperson Jacob Hawkins confirmed that Vogtle-3 went off line at 9:25 p.m. local time on July 8 “due to lowering water levels in the steam generators caused by a valve issue on one of the three main feedwater pumps.”
Ataul Bariand, Jin Jiang
Nuclear Technology | Volume 187 | Number 1 | July 2014 | Pages 82-95
Technical Paper | Nuclear Plant Operations and Control | doi.org/10.13182/NT13-1
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Applications of wireless technologies in nuclear power plants (NPPs), in particular for monitoring purposes, have been gaining popularity recently. It has been shown that wireless technologies can offer several advantages over wired solutions. However, many challenges need to be overcome before widespread adoption of wireless systems in nuclear industries. This paper has extended the existing work in this area and has developed a systematic procedure to deploy a wireless sensor network within a NPP containment. The developed scheme deals with the following challenges explicitly: (a) restrictions on the peak transmission power of the wireless sensor modules, (b) workaround of large concrete and metal structures, and (c) avoidance of locations with high radiation levels. Starting from the sensor locations dictated by the variables to be measured, the scheme determines the positions of the wireless relaying modules in a three-dimensional containment space to ensure reliable data communication. The results from case studies under realistic NPP containment conditions demonstrate the practical value of the proposed solution.