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Information Technology in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Josh Walter, Purdue University; Dan Montgomery, Purdue University; Shripad Revankar, Purdue University

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Nuclear and Radiological

: NaBH4 + 2H2O NaBO2 + 4H2,alternatively, in an alkaline borohydride solution as: BH4- + 2H2O 4H2 + BO2-.Schlesinger and Brown realized that the formation of the metaborate ion (BH4-) made the 1 Page 11.1173.2hydrolyzing solution basic and quickly slowed the reaction; however, they found that the use ofmetal salts acted as catalytic accelerators for the hydrolysis reaction. Mn(II)Cl2, Fe(II)Cl2,Co(II)Cl2, Ni(II)Cl2, and Cu(II)Cl2 were reduced with NaBH4(aq) and shown to produce blackprecipitates that also acted as catalyst to the hydrolysis reaction. Co(II)Cl2 showed the

Conference Session

Curriculum Development & Assessment in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adrian Miron, University of Cincinnati; Eugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati; Pradosh Ray, Tuskegee University

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Nuclear and Radiological

/WMactivities cut across the boundaries of many scientific fields. Moreover, the site characterizationand waste management must be performed in accordance with the current environmental lawsand regulations. Hence, knowledge of appropriate codes developed by Department of Energylaboratories and federal agencies would be necessary.The proposed course sequence is: 1) Introduction to Radiological Engineering and WasteManagement and 2) Site Analysis and Environmental Restoration. The first course wasdeveloped in Fall 2005 semester and offered at TU as a 3-credit hour elective course duringSpring 2006 semester. During summer, students will spend 8 weeks at TU in intensive hands-ontraining and research activities in some area of ER/WM.The content of the first

Conference Session

Curriculum Development & Assessment in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erich Schneider, University of Texas-Austin; Sheldon Landsberger, University of Texas-Austin; Steven Biegalski, University of Texas-Austin; Kendra Foltz Biegalski, University of Texas

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Nuclear and Radiological

Conference Session

Topics in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erich Schneider, University of Texas-Austin; Sheldon Landsberger, University of Texas-Austin; Steven Biegalski, University of Texas-Austin

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Nuclear and Radiological

Ph.D. graduate degrees to employees at PANTEX. Thus we initiated a two prongeffort to both recruit students in the Nuclear and Radiation Engineering Program byattracting funding from national labs and to offer advanced degrees to employees at theselabs as well.RecruitmentIn 1997, there were only fifteen graduate students, almost all foreign students and a verysmall number of undergraduate students in the undergraduate nuclear technical optionwithin the Mechanical Engineering Department. Several strategic initiatives werefollowed that included: 1. Pursuing highly qualified US graduate students. 2. Advertising a new nuclear and radiation engineering technical option which included the following three mandatory courses. a

Conference Session

Information Technology in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kendra Foltz Biegalski, University of Texas; Victoria Pratt, University of Texas-Austin; Tomer Pintel, University of Texas-Austin; Sheldon Landsberger, University of Texas-Austin; Michael Whitaker, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Nuclear and Radiological

Teach Students about NFC FacilitiesWhen using the NAT software package, the user is first required to enter pertinent dataon the NFC facilities of interest. The following facility types are included in thesoftware: 1. Mine/Mill 2. Conversion 3. Enrichment 4. Fuel Fabrication 5. Reactor 6. Reprocessing 7. Permanent StorageAll facilities require descriptive information such as the facility name, country, location,latitude, longitude, etc. The quantitative data required for each facility type differs Page 11.1399.3somewhat due to the nature of each, but many fields are synonymous for all facilities.Table 1 lists all the required

Conference Session

Curriculum Development & Assessment in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Long, Nuclear Stewardship, LLC; Altaf Memon, Excelsior College; Li-Fang Shih, Excelsior College; Byron Thinger, Diablo Canyon Power Plant

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Nuclear and Radiological

, and other life experiencescan result in an individual having full competence in pursuits normally associated with study in acollege setting. [1] Neither the United States nor the world can afford to overlook thesquandering of talent and potential among its citizens. This is especially true in technical fields,where society has a well documented need for more engineering science and technology Page 11.966.3graduates. [2] Recognizing that college-level knowledge can be obtained in many ways,Excelsior provides access to many different avenues for earning college credit, focusing on whatstudents know, rather on where and how they learned it

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Topics in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar, Idaho State University; Michael Lineberry, Idaho State University; Karen Leibert, Idaho State University; Anne Mollberg, Idaho National Laboratory

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Nuclear and Radiological

. Page 11.1249.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 The 2005 World Nuclear University Summer Institute: A New Focus on International Issues in Nuclear Energy EducationThe why . . .The World Nuclear University (WNU) was created in 2003 in a ceremony celebrating the50th anniversary of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s famous “Atoms for Peace”speech to the United Nations General Assembly. Four organizations created the foundingsupport for WNU (See Figure 1.): the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), theNuclear Energy Agency (NEA) of the OECD, the World Association of NuclearOperators (WANO), and the World Nuclear Association (WNA). The WNU mission is tostrengthen the international community of people and

Conference Session

Curriculum Development & Assessment in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar, Idaho State University; Michael Lineberry, Idaho State University; Leonard Bond, Idaho National Laboratory

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Nuclear and Radiological

stipend of $350 per month during the academic year isawarded to junior and senior students. Table 1. Nominal schedule for the 2+2 Nuclear Engineering Scholars. Fall Spring Jr. year Jr. year Full-time course load, including: Full-time course load, including: Introduction to Nuclear Engineering Fluid Mechanics Numerical Methods Neutron Reactions and Transport Thermodynamics Eng Economics & Management Advanced Engineering Math Nuclear Instrumentation Lab

Conference Session

Curriculum Development & Assessment in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Byron Thinger, Diablo Canyon Power Plant; Altaf Memon, Excelsior College; Li-Fang Shih, Excelsior College

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Nuclear and Radiological

has longbeen acknowledged that in many areas, ‘on the job’ training, self learning, and other lifeexperiences can result in an individual having full competence in pursuits normallyassociated with student in a college setting.[1] Few educational institutions, however,have the capabilities or motivation to fully assess these individual’s knowledge andreward them with the appropriate credit.Neither the United States nor the world can afford to overlook the loss of talent becauseindividuals do not possess a four year degree. This is especially true in technical fields,where society has a well documented need for more engineering science and technologygraduates. [2] In order to mobilize this resource, one must identify the roadblocks

Conference Session

Information Technology in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Altaf Memon, Excelsior College; Li-Fang Shih, Excelsior College; Byron Thinger, Diablo Canyon Power Plant

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Nuclear and Radiological

Technology program could only earn their creditsby demonstrating their college-level knowledge and competencies in the academic fields throughthe submission of transcripts from regionally accredited colleges/universities or throughwritten/performance examinations.Anticipating the growing demand for online instruction in higher education and to provide thestudents with an additional avenue for degree completion, B&T launched the online courses inSeptember 2004 starting with the capstone course NUC 495.In Spring 06, a total of 4 upper divison online Nuclear Engineering Technology core coursesincluding the capstone course were launched; they are: 1. NUC 320 Materials ( 3 credit hours) 2. NUC 330 Reactor Core Fundamentals ( 3 credit hours

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Topics in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Marshall, North Carolina State University; Mohamed Bourham, North Carolina State University

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Nuclear and Radiological

Dr. Mohamed Bourham and Mrs. Lisa Marshall Department of Nuclear Engineering at North Carolina State UniversityAbstractEnrollment increases in nuclear engineering programs prompts the need to revisit retentionmechanisms to ensure students successfully graduate and learning institutions satisfy the demandfor nuclear engineering graduates. How do we improve declaration of major prior to thecompletion of first year and how do we improve matriculation into the discipline? There needs tobe a warm hand over from the recruitment-admission process to departmental retentioninitiatives.1 This paper will highlight best practices from NC State’s Nuclear EngineeringDepartment. It is a combination of

Conference Session

Topics in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leonard Bond, Idaho National Laboratory; Robert Wharton, Idaho State University; Andrew Kadak, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Kevin Kostelnik, Idaho National Laboratory

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Nuclear and Radiological

workforce education and training. Part of the U.S. energy strategyincludes the formation of the new Idaho National Laboratory (INL). The INL, which has a keynuclear energy mission, was officially established February 1, 2005. The Battelle EnergyAlliance (BEA), in responding to the request for proposals3 for the new INL, developed apartnership with the State of Idaho, an Idaho University Consortium (IUC), a NationalUniversity Consortium (NUC) and various industrial organizations to establish a joint institute,the Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES). Page 11.1314.2CAES is defined by the U.S. Department of Energy3 as being: "… an

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Information Technology in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Prashant Jain, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; James Stubbins, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Rizwan Uddin, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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Nuclear and Radiological

. Page 11.290.32. MethodologyFigure 1 shows a schematic diagram of the system. It has four components: local lab; LabVIEW;network camera; and remote client. “Local lab” includes experimental setup at the local facilityand personnel carrying out the experiment. “LabVIEW” is National Instrument (NI) softwarepackage that is capable of signal acquisition, analysis, and data presentation. It also has built-incapability for web-broadcasting. “Network camera” is a digital network camera installed in thelab that can capture the video and audio of the experiment and transmit them live over theinternet. “Remote client” may be any computer connected to the internet. io n LabVIEW Int