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A Handheld, Free Roaming, Data Display for DIII-D Diagnostic Data
1999-07-01
Standard handheld test instruments such as voltmeters and portable oscilloscopes are useful for making basic measurements necessary for the operation and maintenance of large experiments such as the DIII-D magnetic fusion research facility. Some critical diagnostic information, however, is available only on system computers. Often this diagnostic information is located in computer databases and requires synthesis via computational algorithms to be of practical use to the technician. Unfortunately, this means the data is typically only available via computer screens located at fixed locations. One common way to provide mobile information is to have one operator sit at a console and read the data to the mobile technician via radio. This is inefficient in as much as it requires two people. Even more importantly the operator-to-technician voice link introduces significant delays and errors that may hinder response times. To address these concerns of personnel utilization and efficiency, we have developed a remote display based on an rf-data link that can be carried with a technician as he moves about the facility. This display can provide the technician with any information needed from the stationary database. This paper will discuss the overall architecture as well as the individual modules for the mobile data display. Lessons learned, as well as techniques for improving the usefulness of such systems, will be presented.
The Water Treatment Technician assists in operating and maintaining a water treatment facility, performs basic laboratory testing and equipment maintenance, completes required recordkeeping, and maintains applicable operator certification in order to
... to be best for graduates of applied science technology programs who are well trained on equipment used in laboratories or production facilities. Nature of the Work About this section Science technicians use the principles and theories of science ...
Los Alamos Plutonium Facility Waste Management System
1997-02-01
This paper describes the new computer-based transuranic (TRU) Waste Management System (WMS) being implemented at the Plutonium Facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The Waste Management System is a distributed computer processing system stored in a Sybase database and accessed by a graphical user interface (GUI) written in Omnis7. It resides on the local area network at the Plutonium Facility and is accessible by authorized TRU waste originators, count room personnel, radiation protection technicians (RPTs), quality assurance personnel, and waste management personnel for data input and verification. Future goals include bringing outside groups like the LANL Waste Management Facility on-line to participate in this streamlined system. The WMS is changing the TRU paper trail into a computer trail, saving time and eliminating errors and inconsistencies in the process.
Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Industry Skill Standards
This document from the Northeast Biomanufacturing Center and Collaborative offers an overview of the skills and knowledge necessary for success in the biopharmaceutical job market. It is designed for community college or technical college instructors helping students preparing to work in pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies and clinical laboratories. The document includes concrete information to help construct curriculum, courses and modules, and purchase equipment for education and training for ten biomanufacturing jobs including: Process Development Associate, Validation Specialist, Manufacturing Technician Upstream, Manufacturing Technician Downstream, Instrumentation/Calibration Technician, Chemistry QC Technician, Microbiology QC Technician, Environmental Health/Safety Technician, QA Documentation Coordinator, and Facilities Technician positions. A detailed job analysis including job functions, competencies, academic and technical knowledge, and familiarity with specific equipment/tools requirements are systematically presented for each position area.
The Solid Waste Technician performs entry-level tasks including equipment operation and routine maintenance, facility construction and maintenance, inspection, testing, materials processing, recordkeeping, customer service, and regulatory compliance in order to meet employer and regulatory requirements.
Emergency Medical Technician/Paramedic
Emergency medical technicians (EMTs) are emergency responders trained to provide immediate care for sick or injured people and transport them to medical facilities. They usually work in teams of two and may request additional assistance from the police or fire departments.
Sandia aids cleanup of Iraqi nuclear facilities, rad waste
2008-10-20
Sandia scientists are helping train Iraqi scientists and technicians to clean up radioactively contaminated sites and safely dispose of the radioactive wastes as part of the Iraqi Nuclear Facility Dismantlement and ...
NCI-Frederick FACILITY - Training
FACILITY Data Management Home System Overview How to Get Started Training User Information Forms Contact Information LASP Online Access System Administration Training Type of Session Date Time Location Training - Technician There are currently no training
1986-11-01
Nuclear material entrained wastes are generated at the Plutonium Facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory. These wastes are removed from the glove box lines using the bagout method. This is a manual operation performed by technicians. An automated system is being developed to relieve the technicians from this task. The system will reduce the amount of accumulated radiation exposure to the worker. The primary components of the system consist of a six degree of freedom robot, a bag sealing device, and a small gantry robot. 1 ref., 5 figs.
FACILITY DATABASE ACCOUNT REQUEST FORM
Account RequestDecember 2007 LASP FACILITY Database Form 3.000After completion of your FACILITY training session[s], you are authorized to request access to the FACILITY database and will be instructed by the designated trainer to complete this account
SR-71 Receiving Flight Prep Maintenance Pre-Dawn
As the first traces of dawn light the eastern sky, technicians on the ramp at NASA's Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility (later, Dryden Flight Research Center), Edwards, California, work to prepare one of NASA's ...
Recommendations for Aseptic Technique and Post-Operative Care for Rodent Surgery
It is the responsibility of the veterinary staff, investigator, laboratory animal technicians, and the facility manager to ensure that all personnel performing the procedures outlined in this document are properly trained in the correct technique and that anesthesia, post-operative pain medication and care are provided to the animals.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. A technician at Cape Canaveral Air Force Stations Radiographic High-Energy X-ray Facility looks at an X-ray of one of the four rudder speed brake actuators to be installed on the orbiter ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. A technician at Cape Canaveral Air Force Stations Radiographic High-Energy X-ray Facility looks at an X-ray of one of the four rudder speed brake actuators to be installed on the orbiter ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. While adjusting the image, technicians at Cape Canaveral Air Force Stations Radiographic High-Energy X- ray Facility look at X-rays taken of one of the rudder speed brake actuators to be ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. While adjusting the image, technicians at Cape Canaveral Air Force Stations Radiographic High-Energy X- ray Facility look at X-rays taken of one of the rudder speed brake actuators to be ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. During power-up of the orbiter Discovery in the Orbiter Processing Facility, a technician (left) looks at the circuit breaker lights in the cabin. Discovery has been undergoing Orbiter Major ...
Human Research Program - Kennedy Space Center - Human Research ...
Aug 18, 2010 ... The Baseline Data Collection Facility (BDCF) provides a highly ... Physicians, nurses, and specialized technicians are provided by KSC for these activities. ... Epi-fluoresence, and Phase Contrast; Microbial, Sterility, ...
Sensitivity analysis of machine repair problems in manufacturing systems with service interruptions
2008-01-01
This paper models a manufacturing system consisting of M operating machines and S spare machines under the supervision of a group of technicians in a repair facility. Machines fail according to a Poisson process, and the repair (service) process of a failed machine may require more than one phase. In each phase, service times are assumed to be exponentially distributed but may be interrupted when the repair facility encounters unpredictable breakdowns. Two models of manufacturing systems are considered. In the first model, technicians repair failed machines at different rates in each phase. In the second model, a two-phase service system with differing numbers of technicians is considered. Profit functions are developed for both models and optimized by a suitable allocation of the number o...
Training and qualification of health and safety technicians at a national laboratory
1994-10-01
Over the last 30 years, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has successfully implemented the concept of a multi-disciplined technician. LLNL Health and Safety Technicians have responsibilities in industrial hygiene, industrial safety, health physics, as well as fire, explosive, and criticality safety. One of the major benefits to this approach is the cost-effective use of workers who display an ownership of health and safety issues which is sometimes lacking when responsibilities are divided. Although LLNL has always promoted the concept of a multi-discipline technician, this concept is gaining interest within the Department of Energy (DOE) community. In November 1992, individuals from Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education (ORISE) and RUST Geotech, joined by LLNL established a committee to address the issues of Health and Safety Technicians. In 1993, the DOE Office of Environmental, Safety and Health, in response to the Defense Nuclear Facility Safety Board Recommendation 91-6, stated DOE projects, particularly environmental restoration, typically present hazards other than radiation such as chemicals, explosives, complex construction activities, etc., which require additional expertise by Radiological Control Technicians. They followed with a commitment that a training guide would be issued. The trend in the last two decades has been toward greater specialization in the areas of health and safety. In contrast, the LLNL has moved toward a generalist approach integrating the once separate functions of the industrial hygiene and health physics technician into one function.
January 2008 LASP FACILTY Database Form 5.000 Issue Reporting Form This form is used to report data and/or program related issues regarding the FACILITY database, Supplemental, or the LASP Online Access System. Before submitting this form,
LASP Administrative Use Only Data Entry Start Date _______________ July 2007 LASP FACILTY Database Form 1.000 FACILITY DATABASE Principal Investigator Data Entry Requirements This form is used to identify the level of data that each investigator
ALARA training at DOE contractor facilities
1992-05-22
ALARA training is an important element of a sound ALARA program. ALARA training at a nuclear facility needs to be conducted for all occupational workers, for radiation workers, for radiation protection technicians, and for all other employees who have ALARA responsibilities. Each of these groups needs to receive ALARA training specific to their responsibilities. This report describes how to develop this training. It also outlines what should be included in an acceptable ALARA training program.
ALARA training at DOE contractor facilities
1992-05-22
ALARA training is an important element of a sound ALARA program. ALARA training at a nuclear facility needs to be conducted for all occupational workers, for radiation workers, for radiation protection technicians, and for all other employees who have ALARA responsibilities. Each of these groups needs to receive ALARA training specific to their responsibilities. This report describes how to develop this training. It also outlines what should be included in an acceptable ALARA training program.
2009-01-01
The aim of this work is to evaluate, guide and correct radiological practices based on dose rate values obtained from dosimetric films and electronic dosimeters used by technicians involved in Fluorine-18 production facilities at IEN/CNEN. Standard statistical methods have been used to analyze and to evaluate these results. The comparison between these results is the first step to orient decisions concerning radiological practices. Besides, radiometric routine surveys are under evaluation in order to improve radiological control in these facility areas. The electronic dosimeters provide the technicians immediate reading and this help them take protective action immediately. So the comparison between dosimetric film and electronic dosimeters data will provide information about how the recently employed electronic dosimeters are being used and what corrections ...
Goal/Completion Abstract. The Wilbur Wright College Environmental Technician Training Program
2002-10-03
In September 1993 DOE through Argonne National Laboratory awarded Wilbur Wright College a grant to develop an Environmental Technician training program. The primary goals included developing a comprehensive curriculum for the best possible training of environmental technicians as well as the building of a state-of-the-art facility to serve these students. The specific goal of the creation of the Environmental Technology Department was to train participants in identifying, auditing, sampling, and managing hazardous substances, handling in routine use, as well as responding to chemical emergencies, and in minimizing the generation of hazardous waste through pollution prevention. The development of the facilities included a state-of-the-art classroom with projection equipment and satellite connection, a computer lab, and a fully equipped wet science laboratory. The program was intended to make available a range of education options for students. Because of the accomplishments of the Environmental Technology Department, it must be considered a success that continues after the completion of the grant.
Scientists, Engineers, and Technicians in the United States: 2001
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Scientists, Engineers, and Technicians in the United States: 2000
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Scientists, Engineers, and Technicians in the United States: 1999
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Scientists, Engineers, and Technicians in the United States: 1998
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Scientists, Engineers, and Technicians in the United States: 1998
... Engineers, and Technicians in the United States: 1998 Detailed Statistical Tables Hypertext Format ... Technicians in the United States: 1998 Portable Document Format (.pdf) Scientists, Engineers, and ...
Scientists, Engineers, and Technicians in Trade and Regulated Industries: 1994
... and Technicians in Trade and Regulated Industries: 1994 Hypertext Format Scientists, Engineers ... Industries: 1994 Portable Document Format (.pdf) Scientists, Engineers, and Technicians in Trade ...
Scientists, Engineers, and Technicians in Trade and Regulated Industries: 1994
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23 CFR 973.204 - Management systems requirements.
...responsibilities for developing and implementing the...and their associated databases; (3) A process...management systems shall use databases with a common or coordinated...used to geolocate all database information. ...facilities providing access to and within the...
23 CFR 973.204 - Management systems requirements.
...responsibilities for developing and implementing the...and their associated databases; (3) A process...management systems shall use databases with a common or coordinated...used to geolocate all database information. ...facilities providing access to and within the...
Protocol for the E-Area Low Level Waste Facility Disposal Limits Database
2006-01-31
A database has been developed to contain the disposal limits for the E-Area Low Level Waste Facility (ELLWF). This database originates in the form of an EXCEL{copyright} workbook. The pertinent sheets are translated to PDF format using Adobe ACROBAT{copyright}. The PDF version of the database is accessible from the Solid Waste Division web page on SHRINE. In addition to containing the various disposal unit limits, the database also contains hyperlinks to the original references for all limits. It is anticipated that database will be revised each time there is an addition, deletion or revision of any of the ELLWF radionuclide disposal limits.
NHEXAS PHASE I REGION 5 STUDY--TECHNICIAN WALK-THROUGH QUESTIONNAIRE DATA
This data set includes responses for 249 technician walk-through questionnaires. The Technician Questionnaire was used to identify and inventory the presence of pollutant sources and document physical characteristics of the building (technician completed to minimize burden on stu...
NHEXAS PHASE I MARYLAND STUDY--TECHNICIAN WALKTHROUGH QUESTIONNAIRE DATA
The Technician Walkthrough questionnaire data set contains information about each household as determined during a walkthrough by trained technicians. The information is from 403 technician walkthrough questionnaires for 80 households across 6 cycles. The questionnaire includes...
47 CFR 97.119 - Station identification.
...control operator who has requested a license modification from Novice, Technician, or Technician Plus Class to General Class: AG; (3) For a control operator who has requested a license modification from Novice, Technician, Technician Plus,...
Mobile devices applied in the maintenance; Dispositivos moveis aplicados na manutencao
2004-07-01
In natural gas pipeline companies, like TBG (Transportadora Brasileira Gasoduto Bolivia Brasil S.A.), with large extensions of pipes and installations distributed so far from each other it is usual that maintenance personnel go to the field job and sometimes do not come back to the office at the same day. In addition, the need to access the corporate network to input maintenance data in the Maintenance Module of Enterprise Resource Planning means that maintenance registries are something that do not flow easily from field to database. Technicians also spend a lot of time in front of the computer decreasing their productive working hours. Being aware of the importance of data to a consistent integrity pipeline program and to solve the problems related above, TBG implemented Maintenance in the Palm of the Hand project and distributed hand held PCs to all technicians, with software that works like an electronic maintenance work order. This system permits to collect maintenance data in real time and also providing important information to help technicians perform their jobs. If necessary, they can start a maintenance request. At any moment it is possible to connect to the corporate network and download data to CMMS. This project allowed TBG to increase quality and reliability of maintenance data and speed of information flow from field to CMMS, eliminating the need to print work orders and data sheets, increasing the productivity of technicians and reducing the time spent on boring tasks such as taking notes. (author)
The Facility Registry System (FRS) is a centrally managed database that identifies facilities, sites or places subject to environmental regulations or of environmental interest. FRS creates high-quality, accurate, and authoritative facility identification records through rigorous...
2006-07-15
In its issue of 8 July, TGA-Fachplaner und Versorgungstechniker reported that planners of facilities and facility technicians will profit from the new EnEV. Experts agree that up to 450,000 air conditioning systems will have to be inspected under the new law during the next few years. (orig.)
REMOTE SURVEILLANCE OF FACILITIES AWAITING D AND D
2001-01-01
A remote surveillance system was designed, tested and will be deployed at INEEL that will monitor the TAN-616 facility for water in sumps, tanks, and on the floor. The presence of water is an indication that the facility is not contained and that the risk of contamination escaping is increased. This system replaces the need to send inspectors into the facility with radiation control personnel to check for water. Some of the areas that would be checked by the inspectors have a high radiation field and little space for maneuvering. Therefore, this system also decreases the radiation exposure and increases the safety of these personnel. A remote surveillance system has a higher initial capital cost for the equipment than the baseline method, which is to send inspectors into the building to obtain samples and perform measurements. However, the cost of operating and maintaining the system is negligible compared to the continuing cost of sending inspectors and radiation control technicians into the facility. The remote surveillance system has a lower cost in the long term when compared to the baseline method.
Radiation exposures in reprocessing facilities at the Savannah River Plant
1979-01-01
Two large reprocessing facilities have been operating at the Savannah River Plant since 1955. The plant, which is near Aiken, South Carolina, is operated for the U.S. Department of Energy by the Du Pont Company. The reprocessing facilities have a work force of approximately 1,800. The major processes in the facilities are chemical separations of irradiated material, plutonium finishing, and waste management. This paper presents the annual radiation exposure for the reprocessing work force, particularly during the period 1965 through 1978. It also presents the collective and average individual annual exposures for various occupations including operators, mechanics, electricians, control laboratory technicians, and health physicists. Periodic and repetitive work activities that result in the highest radiation exposures are also described. The assimilation of ...
Integrated site resources management system
1994-12-31
Oak Ridge National Laboratory has developed a management tool for facility managers, linking various facility-related and ES&H databases with maps of the Oak Ridge Reservation. Based on a distributed database concept, the systems operates with databases distributed to individual PCs and workstations, but responsibility for data accuracy resides with the individuals with the knowledge to validate the data.
Integrated site resources management system
1994-01-01
Oak Ridge National Laboratory has developed a management tool for facility managers, linking various facility-related and ES ampersand H databases with maps of the Oak Ridge Reservation. Based on a distributed database concept, the systems operates with databases distributed to individual PCs and workstations, but responsibility for data accuracy resides with the individuals with the knowledge to validate the data
Experimental database development status for BFS type zero power fast critical facilities
2005-01-01
The 40th anniversary of experimental BFS critical facilities (1961-2001) has discovered a number of problems which were not urgent at the initial period of their operation but has become evident in time. One of such problems is a lack of particularized experimental database (DB) to preserve accumulated and being accumulated expensive experimental facts as well as to provide playing of active role in the process of experiments analysis and decreasing of their evaluation uncertainty. Abroad the analogous problem has arisen at the end of the 1980s. To solve it for SNEAK (Germany) fast critical facility one of the first databases, a SNEDAX database, has been developed. Afterwards it has become a common European database involving experimental data obtained at MASURCA (France), ZEBRA (Great Britain) and RRR (GDR) fast critical facilities. Since the mid 1990s a development of such ...
FACILITY Data Management Investigator Information
Investigator Information What is FACILITY? For those not familiar with FACILITY, this database created by Locus Technology, Inc. is currently being utilized by the Laboratory Animal Sciences Program [LASP] to manage inventory billing, technical
History of geochronology in Queensland
2008-01-01
This article is an individual and necessarily brief overview of the history of geochronology in Queensland with emphasis on the contributions of scientists and technicians who played major roles in the implementation of the geochronology facilities at the University of Queensland. Geochronology and isotope geochemistry research summarised here have contributed among others to our understanding of the chemical and isotopic evolution of the early Earth, mantle dynamics, the thermal history of sedimentary basins and time-scales of weathering and climate change. Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd. Contributor: A.E. Cockbain Coverage: 2008-09-01T00:00:00Z
These extensive web links have been collected for the Biotechnology Technician Skills Standards. This is a great starting place to find additional information useful for curriculum development. The standards discussed here are: Technical Communication Skills, Safety, Basic Laboratory Skills, Manufacturing and Production, Regulatory Compliance, Specific Laboratory Skills, Quality Assurance and Control, Equipment and Facility, Care for Research Animals and Plants, Plant and Animal Field or Pre-Clinical Trials, and Greenhouse / Growth Chamber care.
Genetic algorithm dose minimization for an operational layout.
In an effort to reduce the dose to operating technicians performing fixed-time procedures on encapsulated source material, a program has been developed to optimize the layout of workstations within a facility by use of a genetic algorithm. Taking into account the sources present at each station and the time required to complete each procedure, the program utilizes a point kernel dose calculation tool for dose estimates. The genetic algorithm driver employs the dose calculation code as a cost function to determine the optimal spatial arrangement of workstations to minimize the total worker dose.
Genetic algorithm dose minimization for an operational layout.
In an effort to reduce the dose to operating technicians performing fixed-time procedures on encapsulated source material, a program has been developed to optimize the layout of workstations within a facility by use of a genetic algorithm. Taking into account the sources present at each station and the time required to complete each procedure, the program utilizes a point kernel dose calculation tool for dose estimates. The genetic algorithm driver employs the dose calculation code as a cost function to determine the optimal spatial arrangement of workstations to minimize the total worker dose.
LASP Administrative Use Only Data Entry Start Date _______________Investigator Data RequirementsJuly 2007 LASP FACILTY Database Form 1.000This form is used to identify the level of data that each investigator [and his/her staff] will require for entry
Science and Technology Review September 2003
2003-01-01
This September 2003 issue of ''Science and Technology Review'' covers the following articles: (1) ''The National Ignition Facility Is Born''. (2) ''The National Ignition Facility Comes to Life'' Over the last 15 years, thousands of Livermore engineers, scientists, and technicians as well as hundreds of industrial partners have worked to bring the National Ignition Facility into being. (3) ''Tracking the Activity of Bacteria Underground'' Using real-time polymerase chain reaction and liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry, researchers at Livermore are gaining knowledge on how bacteria work underground to break down compounds of environmental concern. (4) ''When Every Second Counts--Pathogen Identification in Less Than a Minute'' Livermore has developed a system that can quickly identify airborne pathogens such as anthrax. (5) ''Portable Radiation ...
Since its formation in 1977, US DOE has been authorized to support education programs that help ensure an adequate supply of scientists, engineers, and technicians for energy-related research, production activities, and technology transfer. A national conference in 1989 produced a clear vision of the important role that DOE, its facilities, and its 169,000 Federal and contract employees can play in the educational life of their communities and the Nation. Many of the programs listed in this catalog are the result of this new vision; others have existed for many years. Purpose of this catalog is to make all DOE education efforts more widely known so that more teachers, students, and others can benefit. Supporting the hundreds of education programs (precollege, undergraduate, graduate, public) is the network of DOE national laboratories, technology centers, and other research facilities. Brief descriptions of each facility, its programs, and contact information for its education personnel are included.
Since its formation in 1977, US DOE has been authorized to support education programs that help ensure an adequate supply of scientists, engineers, and technicians for energy-related research, production activities, and technology transfer. A national conference in 1989 produced a clear vision of the important role that DOE, its facilities, and its 169,000 Federal and contract employees can play in the educational life of their communities and the Nation. Many of the programs listed in this catalog are the result of this new vision; others have existed for many years. Purpose of this catalog is to make all DOE education efforts more widely known so that more teachers, students, and others can benefit. Supporting the hundreds of education programs (precollege, undergraduate, graduate, public) is the network of DOE national laboratories, technology centers, and other research facilities. Brief descriptions of each facility, its programs, and contact information for its education personnel are included.
1994-05-01
Since its formation in 1977, US DOE has been authorized to support education programs that help ensure an adequate supply of scientists, engineers, and technicians for energy-related research, production activities, and technology transfer. A national conference in 1989 produced a clear vision of the important role that DOE, its facilities, and its 169,000 Federal and contract employees can play in the educational life of their communities and the Nation. Many of the programs listed in this catalog are the result of this new vision; others have existed for many years. Purpose of this catalog is to make all DOE education efforts more widely known so that more teachers, students, and others can benefit. Supporting the hundreds of education programs (precollege, undergraduate, graduate, public) is the network of DOE national laboratories, technology centers, and other research facilities. Brief descriptions of each facility, its programs, and contact information for its education personnel are included.
Review of RAAF procedures for qualifying bonded repair technicians
2006-01-01
The Bonded Structures Testing Team (BSTT) at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base Amberley are responsible for training and qualifying all technicians who perform bonded repairs on Australian Defence Force (ADF) aircraft using RAAF engineering standard DEFAUST 9005-A and the associated document AAP 7021.016-2. Qualification of bonding technicians involves the technician performing a wedge test under supervision from BSTT staff, who observe each of the steps in the surface treatment of the Al-2024T3 clad plates bonded with FM-300 adhesive. In the early part of 2003 it became apparent that although a number of technicians were correctly following the procedures detailed in AAP 7021.016-2, the wedge test results were not passing examination. They were exceeding the crack growth and cohesive failure limits specified in the standard. BSTT and ASI requested that DSTO investigate the bonding procedures employed during qualification to determine if there was a discernible cause for the deterioration in the wedge test results. DSTO staff have undertaken a number of investigations since October 2003. The investigations have included a visit to the BSTT bonding facility to review procedures and infrastructure. Additionally, post-failure examination of available wedge test specimens from BSTT qualification testing was carried out from December 2001 to January 2004. This report details the findings of the investigations of the BSTT bonding operations and wedge samples from BSTT qualification testing and provides a number of recommendations that will assist in improving the quality control of the current surface treatment procedures being employed. It is anticipated that recommendations will be incorporated in the RAAF engineering standard and, together with development of statistical analysis procedures, should provide a more robust system for maintaining the quality of bonded repairs performed by the RAAF and other areas of defence. It is also anticipated that implementation of ongoing statistical analysis of wedge test qualification will provide rapid feedback for RAAF on any deviations from optimum performance and enable short response times to remedy problems that can develop in bonding operations. Amongst the recommendations of the report are the implementation of a quality control tool that monitors wedge test quality and provides a plot of wedge test results with time, the use of a gloss meter to measure grit-blast quality objectively and the use of epoxy silane kits to reduce the risks of contamination and incorrect mixing ratios of chemicals during surface treatment.DSTO has recently undertaken a review of procedures employed by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Bonded Structures and Testing Team (BSTT) during testing and requalification of technicians who undertake bonded repairs on ADF aircraft. Currently, technicians are required to produce a bonded wedge test under examination from BSTT staff and, based on adherence to the current RAAF Engineering Standard, will be considered competent to undertake bonded repairs. From December 2001 to January 2004 a notable deterioration in the quality of the bonded wedge tests produced through qualification testing was observed and an audit of processes was undertaken to determine if any areas in the bonding and requalification testing may have been leading to the deterioration in quality. Based on an audit of the processes and subsequent experimental testing at DSTO, recommendations on improvements to bonding procedures have been made.DGTA Contributor: AVD; Air Vehicles Division; Chief, Air Vehicles Division Format: 661109 bytes; 43; application/pdf; 11 Other identifier: AR-013-676; 2006/1066409; DSTO-TR-1876; AIR 04/241 Language: en_US
Tri-Party Agreement databases, access mechanism and procedures
1993-10-01
This document contains the information required for the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to access databases related to the Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order [also known as the Tri-Party Agreement (TPA)] (Ecology et al. 1992). It identifies the procedure required to obtain access to the Hanford computer networks and the TPA related databases. It addresses security requirements, access methods, database availability dates, database access procedures, and the minimum computer hardware and software configurations required to operate within the Hanford networks.
Small opacities among dental laboratory technicians in Copenhagen.
1988-05-01
After a case of advanced pneumoconiosis occurred in a dental laboratory technician, 31 other dental technicians and 30 control subjects controlled for smoking habits, sex, and age were investigated....Full Text Available
Pneumoconiosis and exposures of dental laboratory technicians.
1984-11-01
One hundred and seventy-eight dental laboratory technicians and 69 non-exposed controls participated in an epidemiological respiratory study. Eight technicians who had a mean of 28 years' grinding nonprecious...Full Text Available
2008-03-20
This paper reports results from a detailed study of the careers of laboratory technicians in British medical research. Technicians and their contributions are very frequently missing from accounts of...Full Text Available
ATIP: Automotive Technician Internship Program.
The Automotive Technology Department (ATD) of De Anza College (DAC) in Cupertino, California, in partnership with the Automotive Service Council of California, received funding to develop and implement a 2-year, competency-based certification program for automotive service technicians. Students in the Automotive Technician Internship Program (
1995-11-01
The Bicron Surveyor MX is a portable radiation monitoring instrument used by the Office of Radiation Protection at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. This instrument must be calibrated in order to assure reliable operation. A manual calibration procedure was developed, but it was time consuming and repetitive. Therefore, an automated tester station that would allow the technicians to calibrate the instruments faster and more reliably was developed. With the automated tester station, calibration records and accountability could be generated and maintained automatically. This allows the technicians to concentrate on repairing defective units. The Automated Bicron Tester consists of an operator interface, an analog board, and a digital controller board. The panel is the user interface that allows the technician to communicate with the tester. The analog board has an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that converts the signals from the instrument into digital data that the tester can manipulate. The digital controller board contains the circuitry to perform the test and to communicate the results to the host personal computer (PC). The tester station is connected to the unit under test through a special test harness that attaches to a header on the Bicron. The tester sends pulse trains to the Bicron and measures the resulting meter output. This is done to determine if the unit is functioning properly. The testers are connected to the host PC through an RS-485 serial line. The host PC polls all the tester stations that are connected to it and collects data from those that have completed a calibration. It logs these data and stores the record in a format ready for export to the Maintenance, Accountability, Jobs, and Inventory Control (MAJIC) database. It also prints a report. The programs for the Automated Bicron Tester and the host are written in the C language.
Database requirements for the Advanced Test Accelerator project
1984-11-05
The database requirements for the Advanced Test Accelerator (ATA) project are outlined. ATA is a state-of-the-art electron accelerator capable of producing energetic (50 million electron volt), high current (10,000 ampere), short pulse (70 billionths of a second) beams of electrons for a wide variety of applications. Databasing is required for two applications. First, the description of the configuration of facility itself requires an extended database. Second, experimental data gathered from the facility must be organized and managed to insure its full utilization. The two applications are intimately related since the acquisition and analysis of experimental data requires knowledge of the system configuration. This report reviews the needs of the ATA program and current implementation, intentions, and desires. These database applications have several unique aspects which are of interest and will be highlighted. The features desired in an ultimate database system are outlined. 3 references, 5 figures.
Iowa State University's libraries have been compiling electronic subject guides for a number of years, and this is one such guide that users in the field of veterinary medicine will want to bookmark. Organized thematically, the resources are contained within one single list, and they are divided into categories such as websites, electronic journals, online abstracts, and basic pet care and health resources. Some of the gateway sites are quite helpful, particularly the link to the animal diseases database offered by the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. Both potential veterinarian technicians and laypersons will appreciate the pet care links, which include links to the Healthy Pet site created by the American Animal Hospital Association and an overview to animal care created by the American Veterinary Medical Association.
Real-time data collection technologies: Enhanced decision-making and cost savings January, 2005
2006-01-01
Hand-held computers, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and wireless communication devices are rapidly replacing traditional methods for field monitoring and data collection. Although pencil and paper remain important means of data transcription, field technicians can now use Personal Digital Assistants (PDA) to record their field notes and monitoring data. As data are uploaded wirelessly from the field, decision-makers can view realtime reports and maps that identify sample locations and monitoring results. The combination of PDAs, wireless communications, and web-based GIS provides field personnel and decision-makers many benefits throughout the life cycle of a project, including improved data consistency, real-time transfer of data from field locations to centralized databases, input validation, elimination of transcription errors, and cost ...
Musculoskeletal disorders within the telecommunications sector-A systematic review
2008-01-01
A systematic review was carried out to address a set of questions with regard to the development and prevention of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in telecommunications workers. The review was carried out using the methodology developed by the Center for Reviews and Dissemination, The University of York. After an initial scoping study, searches were undertaken using a variety of databases. Two researchers reviewed each paper independently and then completed data extraction forms. The review found that MSDs and related risk factors occurred during a range of service technicians' work tasks including manhole cover removal, ladder handling, overhead line work, cable handling and road breaking. There was increased reporting of musculoskeletal symptoms in call center workers compared to other ...
Application of Artificial Neural Networks in Aircraft Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Solutions
2010-01-22
This paper reviews application of Artificial Neural Networks in Aircraft Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO). MRO solutions are designed to facilitate the authoring and delivery of maintenance and repair information to the line maintenance technicians who need to improve aircraft repair turn around time, optimize the efficiency and consistency of fleet maintenance and ensure regulatory compliance. The technical complexity of aircraft systems, especially in avionics, has increased to the point at which it poses a significant troubleshotting and repair challenge for MRO personnel. As per the existing scenario, the MRO systems in place are inefficient. In this paper, we propose the centralization and integration of the MRO database to increase its efficiency. Moreover the implementation of Artificial Neural Networks in this system can rid the system of many of its deficiencies. In order to make the system more efficient we propose to integrate all the modules so as to reduce the efficacy of repair.
Transportable natural-language interfaces: problems and techniques
1982-01-01
The author considers the question of natural language database access within the context of a project at SRI, TEAM, that is developing techniques for transportable natural-language interfaces. The goal of transportability is to enable nonspecialists to adapt a natural-language processing system for access to an existing conventional database. TEAM is designed to interact with two different kinds of users. During an acquisition dialogue, a database expert (DBE) provides TAEM with information about the files and fields in the conventional database for which a natural-language interface is desired. (Typically this database already exists and is populated, but TAEM also provides facilities for creating small local databases.) This dialogue results in extension of the language-processing and data access components that make it possible for an end user to query the new database in natural language. 13 references.
1978-02-01
The 1972 redefined population was distributed among 10 technician fields. Approximately 75% of the total were concentrated in four relatively large fields: computer programmers; draftsmen; electrical and electronic technicians; and technicians, other fields. Women accounted for 11% of all technicians. The average age of technicians in 1972 was 37. Whites comprised 94.8% of all technicians, while 3.0% were black. More technicians resided in the middle Atlantic region than in any other region. As a percentage of the civilian labor force, however, technicians were most heavily concentrated in the New England and mountain regions. The educational level of technicians was quite diverse: about one-third had no postsecondary education, about one-sixth had at least a bachelor's degree. About one-half fell somewhere between these extremes. Approximately 68% of all technicians reported some form of supplemental training outside formal educational institutions. This training was quite diverse. In 1972, unemployed technicians totaled 3.2% of the technician labor force. Fourteen percent of technicians reported employment outside their field, and 11% reported employment outside the 10 technician fields that constituted the focus of this report. The median annual earnings of technicians employed full-time in 1971 was approximately $10,400. Private companies employed 71% of the technicians; federal and state governments employed 12.4% and 7.4%, respectively. Most other technicians were employed by local government or nonprofit organizations. Implications for policy and planning are drawn. The statistics presented here indicate that the most commonly used assumptions about education--occupation linkages are grossly oversimplified. 5 figures, 44 tables. (RWR)
Alvin Pittman Sr., lead electronics technician with Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, and Janine Cuevas, a mechanical technician with PWR, perform final preparations on the space shuttle main engine tested Oct. 25, 2005, at ...
Electronics Technicians Association International (ETA)
This website includes information on the certifications offered by the Electronics Technicians Association International. Certifications include those in the areas of computers, satellite, radio, VoIP, and telecommunications.
UV emission as diagnostics for wind dynamics in cataclysmic variables
The International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) database was used to analyze the UV line shapes of cataclysmic variables (CV's). The standard reduction package at the IUE Regional Data Analysis Facility ...
When NASA needed a real-time, online database system capable of tracking documentation changes in its propulsion test facilities, engineers at Stennis Space Center joined with ECT International, of Brookfield, ...
Trust versus confidence: Microprocessors and personnel monitoring
1994-12-31
Due to recent technological advances, substantial improvements have been made in personnel contamination monitoring. In all likelihood, these advances will close out the days of manually frisking personnel for radioactive contamination. Unfortunately, as microprocessor-based monitors become more widely used, not only at commercial power reactors but also at government facilities, questions concerning their trustworthiness arise. Algorithms make decisions that were previously made by technicians. Trust is placed not in technicians but in machines. In doing this it is assumed that the machine never misses. Inevitably, this trust drops, due largely to ``false alarms``. This is especially true when monitoring for alpha contamination. What is a ``false alarm``? Do these machines and their algorithms that they put their trust in make mistakes? An analysis was performed on half-body and hand-and-foot monitors at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in order to justify the suggested confidence level used for alarm point determination. Sources used in this analysis had activities approximating ORNL`s contamination limits.
Multi-unit operations considerations.
2005-09-01
Several nuclear weapons programs have or are pursuing the implementation of multi-unit operations for tasks such as disassembly and inspection, and rebuild. A multi-unit operation is interpreted to mean the execution of nuclear explosive operating procedures in a single facility by two separate teams of technicians. The institution of a multi-unit operations program requires careful consideration of the tools, resources, and environment provided to the technicians carrying out the work. Therefore, a systematic approach is necessary to produce safe, secure, and reliable processes. In order to facilitate development of a more comprehensive multi-unit operations program, the current work details categorized issues that should be addressed prior to the implementation of multi-unit operations in a given weapons program. The issues have been organized into the following categories: local organizational conditions, work process flow/material handling/workplace configuration, ambient environmental conditions, documented safety analysis, and training.
Qualification, certification and training systems of a Japanese nuclear power plant supplier
1982-01-01
Training and indoctrination of personnel are very important for performing quality assurance activities in nuclear power plants. The paper presents policies, procedures and practices with regard to a training system for site construction workers, a training system for plant operation personnel at a special facility, and services and activities for operating plants. The training system for site workers and technicians offers basic training for all workers, and special training and qualification for field welders, cable-termination workers and non-destructive examination personnel. In addition to the qualification system for field welders applied by the regulatory body, a privat-company qualification system exists. Also, a training centre for BWR operators has been established. This facility has a simulator duplicating the main control room of an actual plant and ...
DOE handbook: Guide to good practices for training and qualification of maintenance personnel
1996-01-01
The purpose of this Handbook is to provide contractor training organizations with information that can be used to verify the adequacy of and/or modify existing maintenance training programs, or to develop new training programs. This guide, used in conjunction with facility-specific job analyses, provides a framework for training and qualification programs for maintenance personnel at DOE reactor and nonreactor nuclear facilities. Recommendations for qualification are made in four areas: education, experience, physical attributes, and training. The functional positions of maintenance mechanic, electrician, and instrumentation and control technician are covered by this guide. Sufficient common knowledge and skills were found to include the three disciplines in one guide to good practices. Contents include: qualifications. On-the-job training. Trainee ...
Decommissioning Operations at the Cadarache Nuclear Research Center
Among the different activities of the CEA research center of Cadarache, located in the south of France, one of the most important involves decommissioning. As old facilities close, decommissioning activity increases. This presentation will give an overview of the existing organization and the different ongoing decommissioning and cleanup operations on the site. We shall also present some of the new facilities under construction the purpose of which is to replace the decommissioned ones. Cadarache research center was created on October 14, 1959. Today, the activities of the research center are shared out among several technological R and D platforms, essentially devoted to nuclear energy (fission and fusion) Acting as a support to these R and D activities, the center of Cadarache has a platform of services which groups the auxiliary services required by the nuclear facilities and those necessary to the management of nuclear materials, waste, nuclear facility releases and decommissioning. Many old facilities have shut down in recent years (replaced by new facilities) and a whole decommissioning program is now underway involving the dismantling of nuclear reactors (Rapsodie, Harmonie), processing facilities (ATUE uranium treatment facility, LECA UO{sub 2} facility) as well as waste treatment and storage facilities (INB37, INB 56. In conclusion: other dismantling and cleanup operations that are now underway in Cadarache include the following: - Waste treatment and storage facilities, - Historical VLLW and HLW storage facility, - Fissile material storage building, - Historical spent fuel storage facility. Thanks to the project organization: - Costs and risks on these projects can be reduced. - Engineers and technicians can easily move from one project to another. In some cases, when a new facility is under construction for the purpose of replacing a decommissioned one, some of the project team can integrate the new facility as members of the operation team. Today, decommissioning activities at the Cadarache Research Center are scheduled to continue up to 2030.
April 2007 Next Users Meeting The next FACILITY Users Meeting will be held April 25 at 9:30 a.m. in the Building 426 Training Room. All users of the FACILITY database are strongly encouraged to attend [or to send a representative]. New initiatives
Southeast biomass facility information system
1996-12-31
DynCorp has developed a user-friendly computerized database that documents over 600 facilities in the industrial, commercial, institutional, and utility sectors that use biomass fuel for energy production in 13 southeastern states. This project was done for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Southeastern Regional Biomass Energy Program (SERBEP), which is managed by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). DynCorp collected information from existing databases, industry and government contacts, and finally by distributing a survey to all of the biomass facilities identified in the region. The database, known as the Southeast Biomass Facility Information System (SE-BFIS), provides facility-level and summary information about the facilities, their annual biomass usage, and annual energy products for the entire database or specified subsets (queries). A facility mapping capability was also developed as a feature of SE-BFIS. The mapping capability includes an ability to create maps from regional to local scales by {open_quotes}zooming{close_quotes} in or out to the scale desired, as well as the ability to display or delete facility names, roads, county boundaries, cities or entire adjoining states.
Conceptual study of transmutation experimental facility. (2) Study on ADS target test facility
2005-01-01
To perform the research and development for accelerator-driven system (ADS), Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI) plans to build a Transmutation Experimental Facility within the JAERI-KEK joint J-PARC program. Transmutation Experimental Facility consists of two buildings, Transmutation Physics Experimental Facility to make reactor physics experiment with subcritical core, and ADS Target Test Facility for the preparation of irradiation database for various structural materials. In this report, purpose to build, experimental schedule, and design study of the ADS Target Test Facility with drawer type spallation target are summarized. (author)
Serving database information using a flexible server in a three tier architecture
The D0 experiment at Fermilab relies on a central Oracle database for storing all detector calibration information. Access to this data is needed by hundreds of physics applications distributed worldwide. In order to meet the demands of these applications from scarce resources, we have created a distributed system that isolates the user applications from the database facilities. This system, known as the Database Application Network (DAN) operates as the middle tier in a three tier architecture. A DAN server employs a hierarchical caching scheme and database connection management facility that limits access to the database resource. The modular design allows for caching strategies and database access components to be determined by runtime configuration. To solve scalability problems, a proxy database component allows for DAN servers to be arranged in a hierarchy. Also included is an event based monitoring system that is currently being used to collect statistics for performance analysis and problem diagnosis. DAN servers are currently implemented as a Python multithreaded program using CORBA for network communications and interface specification. The requirement details, design, and implementation of DAN are discussed along with operational experience and future plans.
Serving database information using a flexible server in a three tier architecture
2003-08-11
The D0 experiment at Fermilab relies on a central Oracle database for storing all detector calibration information. Access to this data is needed by hundreds of physics applications distributed worldwide. In order to meet the demands of these applications from scarce resources, we have created a distributed system that isolates the user applications from the database facilities. This system, known as the Database Application Network (DAN) operates as the middle tier in a three tier architecture. A DAN server employs a hierarchical caching scheme and database connection management facility that limits access to the database resource. The modular design allows for caching strategies and database access components to be determined by runtime configuration. To solve scalability problems, a proxy database component allows for DAN servers to be arranged in a hierarchy. Also included is an event based monitoring system that is currently being used to collect statistics for performance analysis and problem diagnosis. DAN servers are currently implemented as a Python multithreaded program using CORBA for network communications and interface specification. The requirement details, design, and implementation of DAN are discussed along with operational experience and future plans.
International Nuclear Safety Center (INSC) database
1997-08-01
As an integral part of DOE`s International Nuclear Safety Center (INSC) at Argonne National Laboratory, the INSC Database has been established to provide an interactively accessible information resource for the world`s nuclear facilities and to promote free and open exchange of nuclear safety information among nations. The INSC Database is a comprehensive resource database aimed at a scope and level of detail suitable for safety analysis and risk evaluation for the world`s nuclear power plants and facilities. It also provides an electronic forum for international collaborative safety research for the Department of Energy and its international partners. The database is intended to provide plant design information, material properties, computational tools, and results of safety analysis. Initial emphasis in data gathering is given to Soviet-designed reactors in Russia, the former Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe. The implementation is performed under the Oracle database management system, and the World Wide Web is used to serve as the access path for remote users. An interface between the Oracle database and the Web server is established through a custom designed Web-Oracle gateway which is used mainly to perform queries on the stored data in the database tables.
Radiation exposures in reprocessing facilities at the Savannah River Plant
Two large reprocessing facilities have been operating at the Savannah River Plant since 1955. The plant, which is near Aiken, South Carolina, is operated for the U.S. Department of Energy by the Du Pont Company. The reprocessing facilities have a work force of approximately 1,800. The major processes in the facilities are chemical separations of irradiated material, plutonium finishing, and waste management. This paper presents the annual radiation exposure for the reprocessing work force, particularly during the period 1965 through 1978. It also presents the collective and average individual annual exposures for various occupations including operators, mechanics, electricians, control laboratory technicians, and health physicists. Periodic and repetitive work activities that result in the highest radiation exposures are also described. The assimilation of radionuclides, particularly plutonium, by the work force is reviewed. Methods that have been developed to minimize the exposure of reprocessing personnel are described. The success of these methods is illustrated by experience - there has been no individual worker exposure of greater than 3.1 rems per year and only one plutonium assimilation greater than the maximum permissible body burden during the 24 years of operation of the facilities.
Radiation exposures in reprocessing facilities at the Savannah River Plant
1979-06-01
Two large reprocessing facilities have been operating at the Savannah River Plant since 1955. The plant, which is near Aiken, South Carolina, is operated for the U.S. Department of Energy by the Du Pont Company. The reprocessing facilities have a work force of approximately 1,800. The major processes in the facilities are chemical separations of irradiated material, plutonium finishing, and waste management. This paper presents the annual radiation exposure for the reprocessing work force, particularly during the period 1965 through 1978. It also presents the collective and average individual annual exposures for various occupations including operators, mechanics, electricians, control laboratory technicians, and health physicists. Periodic and repetitive work activities that result in the highest radiation exposures are also described. The assimilation of radionuclides, particularly plutonium, by the work force is reviewed. Methods that have been developed to minimize the exposure of reprocessing personnel are described. The success of these methods is illustrated by experience - there has been no individual worker exposure of greater than 3.1 rems per year and only one plutonium assimilation greater than the maximum permissible body burden during the 24 years of operation of the facilities.
Training and retraining of radiation protection technicians
1992-07-01
A new training programme for health physics technicians has been based on a textbook on health physics (700 pages in Danish). Two technicians have been trained according to the programme. Following this an extensive programme was initiated for the retraining of all technicians. Both programmes consists of lectures, theoretical problems and practical exercises. (author))
Deliberations focused on development of strategies to strengthen two-year college technician education programs; however, improving education programs for prospective technicians at the secondary school level and expanding opportunities for technicians at four- year colleges and universities and after their employment were addressed as well. ***Issues The issues addressed included: requirements for technician pre-employment and continuing education; accreditation, voluntary industry standards...
Data Acquisition and Database Management System for Samsung Superconductor Test Facility
In order to fulfill the test requirement of KSTAR (Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research) superconducting magnet system, a large scale superconducting magnet and conductor test facility, SSTF (Samsung Superconductor Test Facility), has been constructed at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology. The computer system for SSTF DAC (Data Acquisition and Control) is based on UNIX system and VxWorks is used for the real-time OS of the VME system. EPICS (Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System) is used for the communication between IOC server and client. A database program has been developed for the efficient management of measured data and a Linux workstation with PENTIUM-4 CPU is used for the database server. In this paper, the current status of SSTF DAC system, the database management system and recent test results are presented.
1994-05-01
This document describes the core software that resides in an Input/Output Controller (IOC), one of the major components of EPICS. The plan of the book is: EPICS overview, IOC test facilities, general purpose features, database locking - scanning - and processing, static database access, runtime database access, database scanning, record and device support, device support library, IOC database configuration, IOC initialization, and database structures. Other than the first chapter this document describes only core IOC software. Thus it does not describe other EPICS tools such as the sequencer. It also does not describe Channel Access, a major IOC component.
Advanced Neutron Source Reactor zoning, shielding, and radiological optimization guide
In the design of major nuclear facilities, it is important to protect both humans and equipment excessive radiation dose. Past experience has shown that it is very effective to apply dose reduction principles early in the design of a nuclear facility both to specific design features and to the manner of operation of the facility, where they can aid in making the facility more efficient and cost-effective. Since the appropriate choice of radiological controls and practices varies according to the case, each area of the facility must be analyzed for its radiological impact, both by itself and in interactions with other areas. For the Advanced Neutron Source (ANS) project, a large relational database will be used to collect facility information by system and relate it to areas. The database will also hold the facility dose and shielding information as it is produced during the design process. This report details how the ANS zoning scheme was established and how the calculation of doses and shielding are to be done.
Advanced Neutron Source Reactor zoning, shielding, and radiological optimization guide
In the design of major nuclear facilities, it is important to protect both humans and equipment excessive radiation dose. Past experience has shown that it is very effective to apply dose reduction principles early in the design of a nuclear facility both to specific design features and to the manner of operation of the facility, where they can aid in making the facility more efficient and cost-effective. Since the appropriate choice of radiological controls and practices varies according to the case, each area of the facility must be analyzed for its radiological impact, both by itself and in interactions with other areas. For the Advanced Neutron Source (ANS) project, a large relational database will be used to collect facility information by system and relate it to areas. The database will also hold the facility dose and shielding information as it is produced during the design process. This report details how the ANS zoning scheme was established and how the calculation of doses and shielding are to be done.
Advanced Neutron Source Reactor zoning, shielding, and radiological optimization guide
1995-08-01
In the design of major nuclear facilities, it is important to protect both humans and equipment excessive radiation dose. Past experience has shown that it is very effective to apply dose reduction principles early in the design of a nuclear facility both to specific design features and to the manner of operation of the facility, where they can aid in making the facility more efficient and cost-effective. Since the appropriate choice of radiological controls and practices varies according to the case, each area of the facility must be analyzed for its radiological impact, both by itself and in interactions with other areas. For the Advanced Neutron Source (ANS) project, a large relational database will be used to collect facility information by system and relate it to areas. The database will also hold the facility dose and shielding information as it is produced during the design process. This report details how the ANS zoning scheme was established and how the calculation of doses and shielding are to be done.
William Jordan, Michael A. Latcha: Case in Engineering Ethics
Case study in engineering ethics with a numerical component. Could be used in a course in Mechanical Design, Materials Properites, Strength of Materials in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science or Metallurgical Engineering. The case starts with: "Neal is a metallurgical engineer for Diamond Steel, Inc., a medium-sized but struggling steel company. Diamond Steel's largest client is Maypool Co., the third largest consumer appliance company in the United States. Diamond Steel is currently negotiating a new contract to supply Maypool sheet steel to be used to make the cores for a new design of a basic electric motor used in Maypool appliances. The specifications for the steel were written by engineers at Maypool's Research and Design Center (RDC), which is located 200 miles away from Maypools' Motor Production Facility (MPF) where the motor core plates will be stamped and assembled into appliance motors. The RDC specifications require UNS G10350 steel, rolled to 0.025 inches thick and heat treated to a minimum tensile strength of 1000,000 psi. In the course of his job at Diamond Steel, Neal has done a considerable amount of business with Maypool's MPF and personally knows several of the technicians who work there. In the process of discussing the upcoming contract, the MPF technicians have told Neal that the MPF presses can only reliably handle steel with Brinell hardness numbers less than 165 without jamming and ruining the workpieces. The MFP technicians suggest to Neal that a steel with a maximum Brinell hardness of 160 will "work just fine" in the motor and be easier to stamp into motor plates. 1. Hardness testing is much faster and cheaper than tensile testing. Due to the shape and size of the indenter, Brinell hardness tests cannot be done on sheet steel of this thickness. Find the appropriate value on the Rockwell 30T scale that Neal should supply to Maypool's Production Department for their own internal quality control tests. 2. Are the specifications supplied by Maypool's RDC and the recommendations of Maypool's MPF in conflict? If so, how serious is the conflict? Should Neal supply steel as specified by the RDC engineers or should he follow the advice of the MPF technicians and supply steel that they can successfully tamp into motor plates? Is there any way he can
Knowledge and Skill Guidelines for Hydrographic Survey Technicians
The Marine Advanced Technology Education Center (MATE) has provided this overview of the tasks of hydrographic survey technicians to serve as guidelines to current and future job seekers. This document covers all aspects of a successful hydrographic survey technician including common personality traits, a list of courses/subjects in which a hydrographic survey technician should have experience, as well as tools and equipment that one would use. In addition to these basic generalities, the document breaks down hydrographic survey technician responsibilities into six general job functions. Within these categories Technical Knowledge and Skill and Performance Indicators are identified. Having these identified help technicians gauge what knowledge they will need prior to beginning a task and when a task has been successfully completed. This document is a great resource for current or future hydrographic survey technicians in order to understand what is expected of them on the job.
Spent nuclear fuel project cold vacuum drying facility supporting data and calculation database
This document provides a database of supporting calculations for the Cold Vacuum Drying Facility (CVDF). The database was developed in conjunction with HNF-SD-SNF-SAR-002, ''Safety Analysis Report for the Cold Vacuum Drying Facility'', Phase 2, ''Supporting Installation of Processing Systems'' (Garvin 1998). The HNF-SD-SNF-DRD-002, 1997, ''Cold Vacuum Drying Facility Design Requirements'', Rev. 2, and the CVDF Summary Design Report. The database contains calculation report entries for all process, safety and facility systems in the CVDF, a general CVD operations sequence and the CVDF System Design Descriptions (SDDs). This database has been developed for the SNFP CVDF Engineering Organization and shall be updated, expanded, and revised in accordance with future design, construction and startup phases of the CVDF until the CVDF final ORR is approved.
Spent nuclear fuel project cold vacuum drying facility supporting data and calculation database
1999-02-26
This document provides a database of supporting calculations for the Cold Vacuum Drying Facility (CVDF). The database was developed in conjunction with HNF-SD-SNF-SAR-002, ''Safety Analysis Report for the Cold Vacuum Drying Facility'', Phase 2, ''Supporting Installation of Processing Systems'' (Garvin 1998). The HNF-SD-SNF-DRD-002, 1997, ''Cold Vacuum Drying Facility Design Requirements'', Rev. 2, and the CVDF Summary Design Report. The database contains calculation report entries for all process, safety and facility systems in the CVDF, a general CVD operations sequence and the CVDF System Design Descriptions (SDDs). This database has been developed for the SNFP CVDF Engineering Organization and shall be updated, expanded, and revised in accordance with future design, construction and startup phases of the CVDF until the CVDF final ORR is approved.
Time, Tense and Aspect in Natural Language Database Interfaces
1998-05-12
Most existing natural language database interfaces (NLDBs) were designed to be used with database systems that provide very limited facilities for manipulating time-dependent data, and they do not support adequately temporal linguistic mechanisms (verb tenses, temporal adverbials, temporal subordinate clauses, etc.). The database community is becoming increasingly interested in temporal database systems, that are intended to store and manipulate in a principled manner information not only about the present, but also about the past and future. When interfacing to temporal databases, supporting temporal linguistic mechanisms becomes crucial. We present a framework for constructing natural language interfaces for temporal databases (NLTDBs), that draws on research in tense and aspect theories, temporal logics, and temporal databases. The framework consists of a temporal intermediate representation language, called TOP, an HPSG grammar that maps a wide range of questions involving temporal mechanisms to appropriate TOP expressions, and a provably correct method for translating from TOP to TSQL2, TSQL2 being a recently proposed temporal extension of the SQL database language. This framework was employed to implement a prototype NLTDB using ALE and Prolog.
Nuclear Technology Series. Course 19: Radiation Shielding.
This technical specialty course is one of thirty-five courses designed for use by two-year postsecondary institutions in five nuclear technician curriculum areas: (1) radiation protection technician, (2) nuclear instrumentation and control technician, (3) nuclear materials processing technician, (4) nuclear quality-assurance/quality-control technician, and (5) nuclear reactor (plant) operator trainee. This course, Radiation Shielding, contains six modules: General Effect of Radiation Attenuation,
Nuclear Technology Series. Course 11: Radiation Detection and Measurement.
This technical specialty course is one of thirty-five courses designed for use by two-year postsecondary institutions in five nuclear technician curriculum areas: (1) radiation protection technician, (2) nuclear instrumentation and control technician, (3) nuclear materials processing technician, (4) nuclear quality-assurance/quality-control technician, and (5) nuclear reactor (plant) operator trainee. This course, Radiation Detection and Measurement, contains eight modules: Statistics of Radiation Counting; Gas-Filled Detectors I: Ionization Detectors; Gas-Filled Detectors II: Proportional
National heat pump technician certification program
1996-06-01
This paper describes the recommendation from a working group on actions to improve technician excellence and installation quality. The three groups focused on: (1) training and delivery mechanisms; (2) technician certification, recognition, or validation; (3) trainer and curriculum certification. The groups reached the same conclusion: that if there is not some way to bring technicians to training, efforts to improve the training could not have much effect. Participants agreed that without a meaningful technician skills standard, transferable certification, and measurable performance, efforts to improve training or to recruit students would have only limited success. A necessary first step is the establishment of truly national technical competence standards.
DOE handbook: Guide to good practices for training and qualification of maintenance personnel
The purpose of this Handbook is to provide contractor training organizations with information that can be used to verify the adequacy of and/or modify existing maintenance training programs, or to develop new training programs. This guide, used in conjunction with facility-specific job analyses, provides a framework for training and qualification programs for maintenance personnel at DOE reactor and nonreactor nuclear facilities. Recommendations for qualification are made in four areas: education, experience, physical attributes, and training. The functional positions of maintenance mechanic, electrician, and instrumentation and control technician are covered by this guide. Sufficient common knowledge and skills were found to include the three disciplines in one guide to good practices. Contents include: qualifications; on-the-job training; trainee evaluation; continuing training; training effectiveness evaluation; and program records. Appendices are included which relate to: administrative training; industrial safety training; fundamentals training; tools and equipment training; facility systems and component knowledge training; facility systems and component skills training; and specialized skills training.
DOE handbook: Guide to good practices for training and qualification of maintenance personnel
The purpose of this Handbook is to provide contractor training organizations with information that can be used to verify the adequacy of and/or modify existing maintenance training programs, or to develop new training programs. This guide, used in conjunction with facility-specific job analyses, provides a framework for training and qualification programs for maintenance personnel at DOE reactor and nonreactor nuclear facilities. Recommendations for qualification are made in four areas: education, experience, physical attributes, and training. The functional positions of maintenance mechanic, electrician, and instrumentation and control technician are covered by this guide. Sufficient common knowledge and skills were found to include the three disciplines in one guide to good practices. Contents include: qualifications; on-the-job training; trainee evaluation; continuing training; training effectiveness evaluation; and program records. Appendices are included which relate to: administrative training; industrial safety training; fundamentals training; tools and equipment training; facility systems and component knowledge training; facility systems and component skills training; and specialized skills training.
DOE handbook: Guide to good practices for training and qualification of maintenance personnel
1996-03-01
The purpose of this Handbook is to provide contractor training organizations with information that can be used to verify the adequacy of and/or modify existing maintenance training programs, or to develop new training programs. This guide, used in conjunction with facility-specific job analyses, provides a framework for training and qualification programs for maintenance personnel at DOE reactor and nonreactor nuclear facilities. Recommendations for qualification are made in four areas: education, experience, physical attributes, and training. The functional positions of maintenance mechanic, electrician, and instrumentation and control technician are covered by this guide. Sufficient common knowledge and skills were found to include the three disciplines in one guide to good practices. Contents include: qualifications; on-the-job training; trainee evaluation; continuing training; training effectiveness evaluation; and program records. Appendices are included which relate to: administrative training; industrial safety training; fundamentals training; tools and equipment training; facility systems and component knowledge training; facility systems and component skills training; and specialized skills training.
NBRP databases: databases of biological resources in Japan
2010-01-01
Full Text Available.The National BioResource Project (NBRP) is a Japanese project that aims to establish a system for collecting, preserving and providing bioresources for use as experimental materials for life science research. It is promoted by 27 core resource facilities, each concerned with a particular group of organisms, and by one information center. The NBRP database is a product of this project. Thirty databases and an integrated database-retrieval system (BioResource World: BRW) have been created and made available through the NBRP home page (http://www.nbrp.jp). The 30 independent databases have individual features which directly reflect the data maintained by each resource facility. The BRW is designed for users who need to search across several resources without moving from one database to another. BRW provides access to a collection of 4.5-million records on bioresources including wild species, inbred lines, mutants, genetically engineered lines, DNA clones and so on. BRW supports summary browsing, keyword searching, and searching by DNA sequences or gene ontology. The results of searches provide links to online requests for distribution of research materials. A circulation system allows users to submit details of papers published on research conducted using NBRP resources.
1981-01-01
Compared to previous publications on reliability, which above all refer to problems of reliability theory and to electronic components and devices, this manual is distinguished by - presenting practical problems of reliability in facilities concerned with automation and electric power - indicating the close connection between reliability and economy and performing comparisons of variants and optimization calculations - presenting basic ideas of the theory of damage control - preparing the methods of solution in a form easy for the technician to understand - harmonizing some of the results with the USSR. This concerns above all the statements about the method of homogeneous Markow processes and the fault tree method - using throughout the book the terminology fixed in standards and regulations of the GDR - illustrating the problems in detail by means of a great number of practical examples.
Radiological protection national courses in Paraguay
2008-01-01
Full text: Paraguay has a long experience (15 years) in radiation protection training. In the present work we analyse the various training aspects according to scientific development, increasing radiation source diversity, including new concepts like orphan sources and security Since 1979, the National Atomic Energy Commission makes the National Course of Radiological Protection for exposed occupational workers. The objective of this course is to provide to the technician participant of the Facilities where they work with ionizing radiations in the medical area, industrial and investigation with a high level of technical knowledge in the subject and get the experience and practice necessary to work with ionizing radiation. The purpose of the education course on radiation protection and safety Sources of radiation is responding to the needs of those who do not have ...
Progress report on the collection of computer codes and data sets for accelerator shielding analysis
1998-01-01
During the Specialists Meeting on Shielding Aspects of Accelerators, Targets and Irradiation Facilities held in Arlington, Texas, on 28-29 April 1994 (SATIF-1) it was felt that the NEA/DB can provide beneficial services to the accelerator shielding specialists by packaging and disseminating modern frozen versions of the transport and auxiliary codes and data libraries in common use. At the same time it was recommended that these two centres try to obtain new or updated versions of a number of computer codes, some performing low-energy neutron transport, others modelling hadronic and electromagnetic cascades or implementing intermediate energy nuclear models. A status report has been presented on the collection of computer codes and data libraries useful for the communities of physicists, engineers and technicians working in the fields of shielding modelling. This ...
1999-01-01
Comeal transplantation is the only method of combating the blindness due to corneal opacity caused by infections, malnutrition, trauma and hereditary diseases. Comeal blindness is more prevalent in the developing countries. The availability of the donor cornea, trained ophthalmic surgeons and microsurgery facilities are the key factors in restoring vision in-patients with comeal blindness. The eye bank organization is somewhat similar to that of blood bank. The eye bank should be located in a hospital or a medical centre in which a laboratory may be established for the evaluation and storage of donor tissue. The medical director (Ophthalmologist), technician, secretary and public relation officer are the persons who play an important role in the successful organization of eye bank. The function of the eye bank are procurement, assessment, processing, distribution of ...
1985-07-01
Environmental and breathing-zone samples were analyzed for toluene, lead, and total dust at the Saint Louis Police Auto Body Shop, Saint Louis, Missouri in January and February, 1985. The evaluation was requested by the Health Commissioner of the City of Saint Louis to investigate working conditions in the body shop. A prior health department investigation had indicated that there might be health hazards in the shop area. The author concludes that a potential health hazard exists due to overexposure to total dust while performing certain repairs at the facility. Recommendations include installing a supply air ventilation system for the exhaust fans, orienting vehicles in the shop so that technicians are always working upstream of the airflow, and providing respiratory protection when it is not possible to control dust emissions.
Dosimetry of hands and human factor Dosimetria de manos y factor humano
2008-01-01
The human factor in facilities where open radioactive sources are managed it can be controlled through the use of the ring dosimetry, however, that these devices only provide qualitative information that is not extrapolated to legislative limits. lt is present the case analysis of hands dosimetry of female person with responsibility for professional standards and a very high profile with ratings that allow her to have a high level of knowledge of the basic standards, and because with an attitude and a culture rooted of radiation protection, among other qualities. Their records reveal a trend in which monthly doses are below the 7 mSv, and only occasionally are between 7 and 12 mSv per month and hand. The other case correspond to a technician, trained in radiological techniques, also with a high profile, with two courses for occupationally exposed personnel more than 10 annual ...
2010-01-01
In this paper the Analytic Network Process (ANP) is applied to select the best location for the construction of a municipal solid waste (MSW) plant in the Metropolitan area of Valencia (Spain). Selection of the appropriate MSW facility location can be viewed as a complex multicriteria decision-making problem that requires an extensive evaluation process of the potential MSW plant locations and other factors as diverse as economic, technical, legal, social or environmental issues. The decision-making process includes the identification of six candidate MSW plant sites and 21 criteria grouped into clusters for the construction of a network. Two technicians of the Metropolitan Waste Disposal Agency acted as decision makers (DMs). The influences between the elements of the network were identif...
A solenoid automatic controlling and monitoring device with RS-232 optocoupled for RIBRAS
2009-01-01
Full text: RIBRAS is a double superconducting solenoid system able to produce and focus light radioactive ion beams, being the first facility of its category in the Southern Hemisphere. Since its installation, the solenoids have been operated manually from the Experimental Room of the Pelletron Laboratory (IFUSP), needing interruptions of experiments in course to change its control parameters, such as the electrical current. Moreover, the monitoring of the behavior of cryogenic liquids (liquid Helium and Nitrogen) was also done manually by reading the level and temperature values and writing them in a logbook. This process depends on the regular presence of technicians and researchers, as well as on the laboratory not being used by other research groups. Consequently, the data amount reveal temporal irregularities that compromise the safety in case of a occasional leak. ...
Risk evaluation system for facility safeguards and security planning
1987-07-01
The Risk Evaluation System (RES) is an integrated approach to determining safeguards and security effectiveness and risk. RES combines the planning and technical analysis into a format that promotes an orderly development of protection strategies, planing assumptions, facility targets, vulnerability and risk determination, enhancement planning, and implementation. In addition, the RES computer database program enhances the capability of the analyst to perform a risk evaluation of the facility. The computer database is menu driven using data input screens and contains an algorithm for determining the probability of adversary defeat and risk. Also, base case and adjusted risk data records can be maintained and accessed easily.
Risk evaluation system for facility safeguards and security planning
1987-07-01
The Risk Evaluation System (RES) is an integrated approach to determining safeguards and security effectiveness and risk. RES combines the planning and technical analysis into a format that promotes an orderly development of protection strategies, planning assumptions, facility targets, vulnerability and risk determination, enhancement planning, and implementation. In addition, the RES computer database program enhances the capability of the analyst to perform a risk evaluation of the facility. The computer database is menu driven using data input screens and contains an algorithm for determining the probability of adversary defeat and risk. Also, base case and adjusted risk data records can be maintained and accessed easily.
Risk evaluation system for facility safeguards and security planning
1987-01-01
The Risk Evaluation System (RES) is an integrated approach to determining safeguards and security effectiveness and risk. RES combines the planning and technical analysis into a format that promotes an orderly development of protection strategies, planning assumptions, facility targets, vulnerability and risk determination, enhancement planning, and implementation. In addition, the RES computer database program enhances the capability of the analyst to perform a risk evaluation of the facility. The computer database is menu driven using data input screens and contains an algorithm for determining the probability of adversary defeat and risk. Also, base case and adjusted risk data records can be maintained and accessed easily
2000-01-01
The PROMILLE database for experimental data from the BFS-2 fast critical facility (Institute of Physics and Power Engineering (IPPE), Russia) has been developed and embedded into the JNC reactor physics analytical system to provide a strict documentation format, a common data source for different analytical tools and a unique export interface with different reactor codes. PROMILLE should be considered not only as a database but also as a bank of interfaces because of its dynamic role in the analytical process. The database currently accepts data from the simulation materials (pellets, tubes and bars) as well as full cores descriptions. A core description involves all different unit cells forming loading elements, all types of the loading elements forming a layout and the layout itself. In fact it is a description of criticality experiments. Export interfaces for the ...
Experiences with knowledge-base and large database integration
1989-01-01
This paper will discuss the integration of several knowledge-bases (network data structures providing inheritance and rule-base definition/execution) and a large database in the context of a manufacturing simulation. The simulation represents the production activities at numerous facilities and is used to determine if a production schedule can be satisfied. The simulation is supplied with data from a large relational database which includes production facility characteristics as well as piece part information. The simulation is currently in use with new functionality being incorporated at this time. This paper will also illustrate the problems inherent in loosely-coupled knowledge-base and database data exchanges. 14 refs., 5 figs.
Hazard Analysis Database Report
The Hazard Analysis Database was developed in conjunction with the hazard analysis activities conducted in accordance with DOE-STD-3009-94, Preparation Guide for U S . Department of Energy Nonreactor Nuclear Facility Safety Analysis Reports, for HNF-SD-WM-SAR-067, Tank Farms Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR). The FSAR is part of the approved Authorization Basis (AB) for the River Protection Project (RPP). This document describes, identifies, and defines the contents and structure of the Tank Farms FSAR Hazard Analysis Database and documents the configuration control changes made to the database. The Hazard Analysis Database contains the collection of information generated during the initial hazard evaluations and the subsequent hazard and accident analysis activities. The Hazard Analysis Database supports the preparation of Chapters 3 ,4 , and 5 of the Tank Farms FSAR and the Unreviewed Safety Question (USQ) process and consists of two major, interrelated data sets: (1) Hazard Analysis Database: Data from the results of the hazard evaluations, and (2) Hazard Topography Database: Data from the system familiarization and hazard identification.
Hazard Analysis Database Report
2000-12-28
The Hazard Analysis Database was developed in conjunction with the hazard analysis activities conducted in accordance with DOE-STD-3009-94, Preparation Guide for U S . Department of Energy Nonreactor Nuclear Facility Safety Analysis Reports, for HNF-SD-WM-SAR-067, Tank Farms Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR). The FSAR is part of the approved Authorization Basis (AB) for the River Protection Project (RPP). This document describes, identifies, and defines the contents and structure of the Tank Farms FSAR Hazard Analysis Database and documents the configuration control changes made to the database. The Hazard Analysis Database contains the collection of information generated during the initial hazard evaluations and the subsequent hazard and accident analysis activities. The Hazard Analysis Database supports the preparation of Chapters 3 ,4 , and 5 of the Tank Farms FSAR and the Unreviewed Safety Question (USQ) process and consists of two major, interrelated data sets: (1) Hazard Analysis Database: Data from the results of the hazard evaluations, and (2) Hazard Topography Database: Data from the system familiarization and hazard identification.
Hazard Analysis Database Report
1999-10-13
The Hazard Analysis Database was developed in conjunction with the hazard analysis activities conducted in accordance with DOE-STD-3009-94, Preparation Guide for US Department of Energy Nonreactor Nuclear Facility Safety Analysis Reports, for the Tank Waste Remediation System (TWRS) Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR). The FSAR is part of the approved TWRS Authorization Basis (AB). This document describes, identifies, and defines the contents and structure of the TWRS FSAR Hazard Analysis Database and documents the configuration control changes made to the database. The TWRS Hazard Analysis Database contains the collection of information generated during the initial hazard evaluations and the subsequent hazard and accident analysis activities. The database supports the preparation of Chapters 3,4, and 5 of the TWRS FSAR and the USQ process and consists of two major, interrelated data sets: (1) Hazard Evaluation Database--Data from the results of the hazard evaluations; and (2) Hazard Topography Database--Data from the system familiarization and hazard identification.
Hazard Analysis Database Report
The Hazard Analysis Database was developed in conjunction with the hazard analysis activities conducted in accordance with DOE-STD-3009-94, Preparation Guide for U S . Department of Energy Nonreactor Nuclear Facility Safety Analysis Reports, for HNF-SD-WM-SAR-067, Tank Farms Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR). The FSAR is part of the approved Authorization Basis (AB) for the River Protection Project (RPP). This document describes, identifies, and defines the contents and structure of the Tank Farms FSAR Hazard Analysis Database and documents the configuration control changes made to the database. The Hazard Analysis Database contains the collection of information generated during the initial hazard evaluations and the subsequent hazard and accident analysis activities. The Hazard Analysis Database supports the preparation of Chapters 3 ,4 , and 5 of the Tank Farms FSAR and the Unreviewed Safety Question (USQ) process and consists of two major, interrelated data sets: (1) Hazard Analysis Database: Data from the results of the hazard evaluations, and (2) Hazard Topography Database: Data from the system familiarization and hazard identification.
Nano-education from a European perspective
2008-03-15
At a global level, educating the nanotechnology workforce has been discussed since the beginning of the new millennium. Scientists, engineers and technicians should be trained in nanotechnology. Most educators prefer training students first in their own discipline at the Bachelor level (physics, chemistry, biology, etc) followed by specialisation in nanoscience and technology at the Master's level. Some favour a broad interdisciplinary basic training in different nanosciences followed by specialisation in a particular application area. What constitutes a good nanoscience curriculum is also being discussed, as well as the application of e-learning methodologies. The European Union is stimulating the development of nanoscience education in universities. The Erasmus Mundus programme is funding nanoscience and nanotechnology education programmes involving universities in several European countries. The policy debate in Europe is moving towards vocational training in nanotechnology for educating the technicians needed in industry and research. The EU vocational training institute CEDEFOP published a report in 2005 The EU funded European gateway to nanotechnology Nanoforum has stimulated the accessibility of nano-education throughout Europe with reports and online databases of education courses and materials. For university education, they list courses at the Bachelor, Master's, and PhD level as well as short courses. The EU funded EuroIndiaNet project also reviewed Nano-education courses at the Master's level, short courses, e-learning programmes, summerschools and vocational training courses. In this presentation, I review Nanoforum and other publications on nano-education in Europe and highlight current trends and gaps.
Guidebook on the education and training of technicians for nuclear power
1989-01-01
The IAEA Guidebook on the Education and Training of Technicians for Nuclear Power aims to assist Member States, especially the developing countries which are in the process of implementing, or intending to implement, a nuclear power programme, to understand and meet their requirements for qualified technicians in the most effective and efficient manner. It specifically seeks to assist policy makers and planners, as well as those designing and implementing education and training programmes. In this Guidebook, technician level occupations include those filled by technicians and higher level technicians (techniciens superieurs or technologists) and also by non-graduate engineers. The Guidebook complements the IAEA Guidebook on Manpower Development for Nuclear Power, as well as the IAEA Guidebook on the Qualification of Nuclear Power Plant Operations Personnel. The ...
Montgomery County Community College (MCCC), in partnership with Rohm and Haas company, is creating an in-house laboratory service facility to provide MCCC's biotechnology students with real-world training opportunities. The laboratory functions as a contract research organization to test new proteins developed by Rohm and Haas for use in biopharmaceutical manufacturing. The project is incorporating work-based experiences into existing science courses, exposing students to state-of-the-art instrumentation, and enhancing STEM content in technician education courses. Besides establishing a working biotechnology training facility, the project is enhancing MCCC's biotechnology curriculum, providing summer internship opportunities for regional high school or community college teachers, providing students with additional training opportunities at company facilities, developing a laboratory practical exam for assessing student learning and skills, and pilot testing a strategic partnership model between a community college and a biotechnology company.
Science& Technology Review September 2003
This September 2003 issue of ''Science and Technology Review'' covers the following articles: (1) ''The National Ignition Facility Is Born''; (2) ''The National Ignition Facility Comes to Life'' Over the last 15 years, thousands of Livermore engineers, scientists, and technicians as well as hundreds of industrial partners have worked to bring the National Ignition Facility into being. (3) ''Tracking the Activity of Bacteria Underground'' Using real-time polymerase chain reaction and liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry, researchers at Livermore are gaining knowledge on how bacteria work underground to break down compounds of environmental concern. (4) ''When Every Second Counts--Pathogen Identification in Less Than a Minute'' Livermore has developed a system that can quickly identify airborne pathogens such as anthrax. (5) ''Portable Radiation Detector Provides Laboratory-Scale Precision in the Field'' A team of Livermore physicists and engineers has developed a handheld, mechanically cooled germanium detector designed to identify radioisotopes.
Science& Technology Review September 2003
This September 2003 issue of ''Science and Technology Review'' covers the following articles: (1) ''The National Ignition Facility Is Born''; (2) ''The National Ignition Facility Comes to Life'' Over the last 15 years, thousands of Livermore engineers, scientists, and technicians as well as hundreds of industrial partners have worked to bring the National Ignition Facility into being. (3) ''Tracking the Activity of Bacteria Underground'' Using real-time polymerase chain reaction and liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry, researchers at Livermore are gaining knowledge on how bacteria work underground to break down compounds of environmental concern. (4) ''When Every Second Counts--Pathogen Identification in Less Than a Minute'' Livermore has developed a system that can quickly identify airborne pathogens such as anthrax. (5) ''Portable Radiation Detector Provides Laboratory-Scale Precision in the Field'' A team of Livermore physicists and engineers has developed a handheld, mechanically cooled germanium detector designed to identify radioisotopes.
Science& Technology Review September 2003
2003-09-01
This September 2003 issue of ''Science and Technology Review'' covers the following articles: (1) ''The National Ignition Facility Is Born''; (2) ''The National Ignition Facility Comes to Life'' Over the last 15 years, thousands of Livermore engineers, scientists, and technicians as well as hundreds of industrial partners have worked to bring the National Ignition Facility into being. (3) ''Tracking the Activity of Bacteria Underground'' Using real-time polymerase chain reaction and liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry, researchers at Livermore are gaining knowledge on how bacteria work underground to break down compounds of environmental concern. (4) ''When Every Second Counts--Pathogen Identification in Less Than a Minute'' Livermore has developed a system that can quickly identify airborne pathogens such as anthrax. (5) ''Portable Radiation Detector Provides Laboratory-Scale Precision in the Field'' A team of Livermore physicists and engineers has developed a handheld, mechanically cooled germanium detector designed to identify radioisotopes.
Radiation therapy facilities in the United States
2006-01-01
Purpose: About half of all cancer patients in the United States receive radiation therapy as a part of their cancer treatment. Little is known, however, about the facilities that currently deliver external beam radiation. Our goal was to construct a comprehensive database of all radiation therapy facilities in the United States that can be used for future health services research in radiation oncology. Methods and Materials: From each state's health department we obtained a list of all facilities that have a linear accelerator or provide radiation therapy. We merged these state lists with information from the American Hospital Association (AHA), as well as 2 organizations that audit the accuracy of radiation machines: the Radiologic Physics Center (RPC) and Radiation Dosimetry Services (RDS). The comprehensive database included all unique facilities listed in 1 or more of ...
The bibliography contains citations concerning the design, construction, costs, and operation of water treatment facilities. Facilities covered include those that provide drinking water, domestic water, and water for industrial use. Types of water treatment covered include reverse osmosis, chlorination, filtration, and ozonization. Waste water treatment facilities are excluded from this bibliography. (Contains 250 citations and includes a subject term index and title list.)
1993-07-01
The bibliography contains citations concerning the design, construction, costs, and operation of water treatment facilities. Facilities covered include those that provide drinking water, domestic water, and water for industrial use. Types of water treatment covered include reverse osmosis, chlorination, filtration, and ozonization. Waste water treatment facilities are excluded from this bibliography. (Contains 250 citations and includes a subject term index and title list.)
Research images and findings reports generated during imaging-based small animal imaging experiments are typically kept by imaging facilities on workstations or by investigators on burned DVD's. There usually lacks structure and organization to these data content, and are limited to directory and file names to help users find their data files. A study-centric database design is a fundamental step towards imaging systems integration and also a research data grid infrastructure for multi-institution collaborations and translational research. This paper will present a novel relational database model to maintain experimental metadata for studies, raw imaging files, post-processed images, and quantitative findings, all generated during most imaging-based animal-model studies. The integration of experimental metadata into a single database can alleviate current investigative dependency on hand-written records for current and previous experimental data. Furthermore, imaging workstations and systems that are integrated with this database can be streamlined in their data workflow with automated query services. This novel database model is being implemented in a molecular imaging data grid for evaluation with animal-model imaging studies provided from the Molecular Imaging Center at USC.
Plans for National Ignition Facility operations training and operations procedures
1998-06-01
A preliminary plan for National Ignition Facility (NIF) Operations training developed for the 200+ staff anticipated to operate the NIF facility is discussed. We also address the development and implementation of NIF Operations procedures. These procedures serve as an essential part of the staff training program. A special aspect of NIF Operations procedures is that they will be on-line with electronic links to design, operations, and test databases, and will likely incorporate electronic checklists and archiving capabilities.
1996-08-01
Management of Nuclear Safety, Industrial Safety, Industrial Hygiene, and Fire Protection programs, functions, and field support resources for Tank Waste Remediation Systems (TWRS) has, until recently, been centralized in TWRS Safety, under the Emergency, Safety, and Quality organization. Industrial hygiene technician services were also provided to support operational needs related to safety basis compliance. Due to WHC decentralization of safety and reengineering efforts in West Tank Farms, staffing and safety responsibilities have been transferred to the facilities. Under the new structure, safety personnel for TWRS are assigned directly to East Tank Farms, West Tank Farms, and a core Safety Group in TWRS Engineering. The Characterization Project Operations (CPO) safety organization will remain in tact as it currently exists. Personnel assigned to East Tank Farms, West Tank Farms, and CPO will perform facility-specific or project-specific duties and provide field implementation of programs. Those assigned to the core group will focus on activities having a TWRS-wide or programmatic focus. Hanford-wide activities will be the responsibility of the Safety Center of Expertise. In order to ensure an effective and consistent safety program for TWRS under the new organization program functions, goals, organizational structure, roles, responsibilities, and path forward must be clearly established. The purpose of the TWRS Safety Program Plan is to define the overall safety program, responsibilities, relationships, and communication linkages for safety personnel under the new structure. In addition, issues associated with reorganization transition are addressed, including training, project ownership, records management, and dissemination of equipment. For the purpose of this document ``TWRS Safety`` refers to all safety professionals and technicians (Industrial Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Fire Protection, and Nuclear Safety) within the TWRS organization, regardless of their location in the organization.
Mobile Energy Laboratory Procedures
Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) has been tasked to plan and implement a framework for measuring and analyzing the efficiency of on-site energy conversion, distribution, and end-use application on federal facilities as part of its overall technical support to the US Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP). The Mobile Energy Laboratory (MEL) Procedures establish guidelines for specific activities performed by PNL staff. PNL provided sophisticated energy monitoring, auditing, and analysis equipment for on-site evaluation of energy use efficiency. Specially trained engineers and technicians were provided to conduct tests in a safe and efficient manner with the assistance of host facility staff and contractors. Reports were produced to describe test procedures, results, and suggested courses of action. These reports may be used to justify changes in operating procedures, maintenance efforts, system designs, or energy-using equipment. The MEL capabilities can subsequently be used to assess the results of energy conservation projects. These procedures recognize the need for centralized NM administration, test procedure development, operator training, and technical oversight. This need is evidenced by increasing requests fbr MEL use and the economies available by having trained, full-time MEL operators and near continuous MEL operation. DOE will assign new equipment and upgrade existing equipment as new capabilities are developed. The equipment and trained technicians will be made available to federal agencies that provide funding for the direct costs associated with MEL use.
Mobile Energy Laboratory Procedures
1993-09-01
Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) has been tasked to plan and implement a framework for measuring and analyzing the efficiency of on-site energy conversion, distribution, and end-use application on federal facilities as part of its overall technical support to the US Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP). The Mobile Energy Laboratory (MEL) Procedures establish guidelines for specific activities performed by PNL staff. PNL provided sophisticated energy monitoring, auditing, and analysis equipment for on-site evaluation of energy use efficiency. Specially trained engineers and technicians were provided to conduct tests in a safe and efficient manner with the assistance of host facility staff and contractors. Reports were produced to describe test procedures, results, and suggested courses of action. These reports may be used to justify changes in operating procedures, maintenance efforts, system designs, or energy-using equipment. The MEL capabilities can subsequently be used to assess the results of energy conservation projects. These procedures recognize the need for centralized NM administration, test procedure development, operator training, and technical oversight. This need is evidenced by increasing requests fbr MEL use and the economies available by having trained, full-time MEL operators and near continuous MEL operation. DOE will assign new equipment and upgrade existing equipment as new capabilities are developed. The equipment and trained technicians will be made available to federal agencies that provide funding for the direct costs associated with MEL use.
Counter-plans for overage facilities and equipment: survey report for fiscal year of 1998 to 1999
1999-04-01
This annual report describes (1) an outline of the program of working out counter-plans for overage facilities and equipment in Tokai Works, JNC, (2) tendency evaluation of deterioration with age of facilities and buildings, (3) progress in making a data-base for the present investigation, and (4) a review on the practicality of the methods employed for the present investigation. In this year, deterioration trend has been evaluated for the facilities and buildings (32 facilities of fuel reprocessing, 7 facilities for plutonium fuels, 18 facilities for enrichment and others) on the basis of the results obtained for these 7 years in order to grasp the general tendency from a deterioration-age graph for the fuel reprocessing facility and others. (S. Ohno)
Reliability centered maintenance streamlining through lessons learned
In late 1986, PSE and G concluded that the Nuclear Department would develop a consistent approach to maintenance at Artificial Island (Salem and Hope Creak nuclear units). Preventive maintenance (PM) would be the heart of this approach. In the last six months of 1987 departments affected by the maintenance program participated on working groups that developed the Artificial Island maintenance philosophy. The central theme of the maintenance philosophy is the RCM (reliability centered maintenance) process. A pilot project tested the process in 1988. In 1989 the Central PM Group formed and in 1990 was given responsibility and authority to analyze, approve, implement, and control PM program changes. RCM is the central theme of the PM improvement effort but not the whole effort. Other important pieces included in this paper are: development of a common PM program, improvement of work instructions, development of predictive maintenance techniques into programs, development of a PM basis database, development of PM feedback from failure trends, root cause analysis, maintenance performance indicators, technicians, and engineers.
Reliability centered maintenance streamlining through lessons learned
1991-01-01
In late 1986, PSE and G concluded that the Nuclear Department would develop a consistent approach to maintenance at Artificial Island (Salem and Hope Creak nuclear units). Preventive maintenance (PM) would be the heart of this approach. In the last six months of 1987 departments affected by the maintenance program participated on working groups that developed the Artificial Island maintenance philosophy. The central theme of the maintenance philosophy is the RCM (reliability centered maintenance) process. A pilot project tested the process in 1988. In 1989 the Central PM Group formed and in 1990 was given responsibility and authority to analyze, approve, implement, and control PM program changes. RCM is the central theme of the PM improvement effort but not the whole effort. Other important pieces included in this paper are: development of a common PM program, improvement of work instructions, development of predictive maintenance techniques into programs, development of a PM basis database, development of PM feedback from failure trends, root cause analysis, maintenance performance indicators, technicians, and engineers.
Feature analysis of relational concepts, languages and systems for IDM/sup TM/
1980-10-01
The IDM (Intelligent Database Machine) is a self-contained system that serves as a dedicated peripheral providing a relational database management system. The IDM provides a high-level host-independent interface to OEM-supplied programs running on the host. Specifications of the system are given including database constituents; functional capabilities; definition, generation and administration facilities; interface and DBMS architecture; operational aspects; and essentially relational solutions for generalized DBMS problems. 1 figure. (RWR)
Proposal for a High Energy Nuclear Database
The authors propose to develop a high-energy heavy-ion experimental database and make it accessible to the scientific community through an on-line interface. This database will be searchable and cross-indexed with relevant publications, including published detector descriptions. Since this database will be a community resource, it requires the high-energy nuclear physics community's financial and manpower support. This database should eventually contain all published data from Bevalac, AGS and SPS to RHIC and CERN-LHC energies, proton-proton to nucleus-nucleus collisions as well as other relevant systems, and all measured observables. Such a database would have tremendous scientific payoff as it makes systematic studies easier and allows simpler benchmarking of theoretical models to a broad range of old and new experiments. Furthermore, there is a growing need for compilations of high-energy nuclear data for applications including stockpile stewardship, technology development for inertial confinement fusion and target and source development for upcoming facilities such as the Next Linear Collider. To enhance the utility of this database, they propose periodically performing evaluations of the data and summarizing the results in topical reviews.
Proposal for a High Energy Nuclear Database
2005-03-31
We propose to develop a high-energy heavy-ion experimental database and make it accessible to the scientific community through an on-line interface. This database will be searchable and cross-indexed with relevant publications, including published detector descriptions. Since this database will be a community resource, it requires the high-energy nuclear physics community's financial and manpower support. This database should eventually contain all published data from Bevalac and AGS to RHIC to CERN-LHC energies, proton-proton to nucleus-nucleus collisions as well as other relevant systems, and all measured observables. Such a database would have tremendous scientific payoff as it makes systematic studies easier and allows simpler benchmarking of theoretical models to a broad range of old and new experiments. Furthermore, there is a growing need for compilations of high-energy nuclear data for applications including stockpile stewardship, technology development for inertial confinement fusion and target and source development for upcoming facilities such as the Next Linear Collider. To enhance the utility of this database, we propose periodically performing evaluations of the data and summarizing the results in topical reviews.
Proposal for a High Energy Nuclear Database
We propose to develop a high-energy heavy-ion experimental database and make it accessible to the scientific community through an on-line interface. This database will be searchable and cross-indexed with relevant publications, including published detector descriptions. Since this database will be a community resource, it requires the high-energy nuclear physics community's financial and manpower support. This database should eventually contain all published data from Bevalac, AGS and SPS to RHIC and LHC energies, proton-proton to nucleus-nucleus collisions as well as other relevant systems, and all measured observables. Such a database would have tremendous scientific payoff as it makes systematic studies easier and allows simpler benchmarking of theoretical models to a broad range of old and new experiments. Furthermore, there is a growing need for compilations of high-energy nuclear data for applications including stockpile stewardship, technology development for inertial confinement fusion and target and source development for upcoming facilities such as the Next Linear Collider. To enhance the utility of this database, we propose periodically performing evaluations of the data and summarizing the results in topical reviews.
A High Energy Nuclear Database Proposal
2005-10-13
We propose to develop a high-energy heavy-ion experimental database and make it accessible to the scientific community through an on-line interace. This database will be searchable and cross-indexed with relevant publications, including published detector descriptions. Since this database will be a community resource, it requires the high-energy nuclear physics community's financial and manpower support. This database should eventually contain all published data from the Bevalac, AGS and SPS to RHIC and LHC energies, proton-proton to nucleus-nucleus collisions as well as other relevant systems and all measured observables. Such a database would have tremendous scientific payoff as it makes systematic studies easier and allows simpler benchmarking of theoretical models to a broad range of old and new experiments. Furthermore, there is a growing need for compilations of high-energy nuclear data for applications including stockpile stewardship, technology development for intertial confinement fusion and target and source development for upcoming facilities such as the Next Linear Collider. To enhance the utility of this database, we propose periodically performing evaluations of the data and summarizing the results in topical reviews.
Troubleshooting the residential air conditioning system
1996-01-01
In order to effectively diagnose problems in a residential air conditioning system, the technician should develop and follow a logical step-by-step troubleshooting procedure. A list of problems, along with possible causes and solutions, that a technician may encounter when servicing a residential air conditioner is presented.
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