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Trade ShowsTrade Shows, conventions, society meetings, any nuclear get to gether.

WMSymposia conferenceThe conference is organized by WMSymposia an Arizona non -profit corporation. Sponsoring organizations include the American Nuclear Society, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New Mexico State University Waste-Management Education and Research Consortium (WERC) and OECD/NEA. The conference is also organized in cooperation with the US Department of Energy (DOE), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

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ETEBAEast Tennessee Environmental Business Association

ETEBA is a non profit trade association representing more than 190 large and small companies who provide environmental, technology, energy, engineering, and construction services to both government and corporate clients. ETEBA acts as a collective voice on issues that impact its members and provides anonymity in resolving those issues. ETEBA also promotes opportunity to its members by 1) advocating for issues that influence business opportunities; and 2) fostering interaction between member companies and other organizations.

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ETCHPSEast Tennessee Chapter of the Health Physics Society (ETCHPS)

The ETCHPS is a scientific and professional organization whose members specialize in occupational, environmental, and medical radiation safety. Their membership includes professionals involved in commercial, industrial, university, medical, and governmental radiation safety activities throughout eastern Tennessee. They are a regional affiliate of the Health Physics Society .

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Reactor Designs

Generation IThese were the prototype commercial reactors of the 1950s and 1960s.

Generation IIThese are the reactors deployed in the 1970s and 1980s and currently in commercial use today. In the United States, they include such light-water reactors as the boiling water reactor (BWR) and the pressurized water reactor (PWR), and, in Canada, the CANDU heavy-water reactor.

Generation IIIReferred to as advanced-design nuclear power plants, these reactors include the advanced boiling water reactor (ABWR), the System 80+ advanced pressurized water reactor (APWR), and the AP600 passive-design reactor. These designs were developed in the United States and certified by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the 1990s. ABWRs and APWRs have been built and are in operation in other countries around the world.

Generation III+These are reactors that can be deployed by 2010. They have been under development during the 1990s and are in various stages of design and implementation now. They include the pebble-bed modular reactor (PBMR) and the AP1000. Both have passive safety designs and the PBMR is gas-cooled, two technological features that may foreshadow Generation IV reactors. These designs have not been certified by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission yet.

Generation IVGeneration IV nuclear reactors are those identified by the Generation IV International Forum, which was initiated by the U.S. Department of Energy and has 10 international member countries. Most Gen IV reactors are in the conceptual or experimental stage and are considered deployable around 2030, provided that appropriate development begin now. The Department of Energy document "Overview of Generation IV Technology Roadmap" from September 2002 contains diagrams of six Gen IV reactors.