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By Linda Pentz Gunter, 31 May 21, “My advice is to look out for engineers. They begin with sewing machines and end up with nuclear bombs.” Marcel Pagnol My normal rule of thumb is to ignore the unrelenting pro-nuclear trolls who pepper our sites with incessant nay-saying and, occasionally ad hominem name-calling. After all, they have only one goal in mind — other than to get up one’s nose — which is to dominate and thereby control the narrative. But recently, a recurring theme has e...

2 On April 29, the shipyard ohana gathered to show their appreciation and aloha to one of their own as he departed for retirement. After 38 years of faithful service to the Department of the Navy, Code 2300 Nuclear Engineering and Planning Officer and Senior Executive Service civilian Kaipo Crowell officially hung up his dosimeter at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF). To adhere to shipyard COVID mitigations, the planning committee se...

The following is a list of academic promotions for tenured and tenure-line faculty members at Penn State, effective July 1.

Among the students we reached out to, very few described the transition from living with family to living solo as being completely unpleasant. There is always the dreaded element of uncertainty, be it in managing your personal expenses yourself for the first time or getting accustomed to living with people you don't really know well enough.

~~ ~ Ever since April, when the Japanese government announced plans to release treated wastewater from the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean, China and South Korea have been vehemently criticizing the move. South Korea’s Foreign Minister Chung Euiyong took advantage of a May 5 meeting with his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi to protest the move, saying: “We are concerned about the latent threat it (wastewater release) poses to the health and safety of Sout...

Graduates and senior students advise on how to choose a department

Nestled in the central area of Tokyo Tech's Ookayama Campus is HUB-International Communications Space (HUB-ICS), informally known as ICS, or "that place on campus where you can hang out."

 E-Mail IMAGE: Pebble-bed reactors use passive natural circulation to cool down, making it theoretically impossible for a core meltdown to occur. view more  Credit: Dr. Jean Ragusa and Dr. Mauricio Eduardo Tano Retamales/Texas A&M University Engineering When one of the largest modern earthquakes struck Japan on March 11, 2011, the nuclear reactors at Fukushima-Daiichi automatically shut down, as designed. The emergency systems, which would have helped maintain the necessary cooling of...

23 Class of 2021 Cadets Collin Hahn and Griffin Hokanson would be the first to tell you West Point not only teaches you about honor, integrity and the importance of selfless service, but also strengthens friendships and creates lifelong alliances. Hahn and Hokanson learned about the importance of teamwork and the value of their friendship during the 14th annual Lt. Gen. Robert B. Flowers Best Sapper Competition. The two cadets learned about their strengths and weaknesses in mil...

Technical Lead (Non-Electric Applications), Vienna, Austria Organization: IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency Country: Austria City: Vienna...