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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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Christmas Night
Twas the night before Christmas when all through the houseNo electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged in by the chimney with careWith the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
L.-Y. Cheng, J. S. Baek, A. Cuadra, A. Aronson, D. Diamond, P. Yarsky
Nuclear Technology | Volume 196 | Number 2 | November 2016 | Pages 238-247
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NT16-29
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A TRACE/PARCS model has been developed to analyze anticipated transient without scram (ATWS) events for a boiling water reactor (BWR) operating in the maximum extended load line limit analysis-plus (MELLLA+) expanded operating domain. The MELLLA+ domain expands the allowable operation in the power/flow map of a BWR to low flow rates at high-power conditions. Such operation exacerbates the likelihood of large-amplitude power/flow oscillations during certain ATWS scenarios. The analysis shows that large-amplitude power/flow oscillations, both core-wide and out-of-phase, arise following the establishment of natural-circulation flow in the reactor pressure vessel after the trip of the recirculation pumps and an increase in core inlet subcooling. The analysis also indicates a mechanism by which the fuel may experience heatup that could result in localized fuel damage. TRACE predicts that heatup will occur when the cladding surface temperature exceeds the minimum stable film boiling temperature after periodic cycles of dryout and rewet, and the fuel becomes locked into a boiling-film regime. Further, the analysis demonstrates the effectiveness of the simulated manual operator actions to suppress the instability.