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National awards to be presented at ANS Winter Conference
One of the few constants at American Nuclear Society national meetings is the recognition of exceptional individuals in the nuclear community. ANS President Lisa Marshall has named this season’s award recipients, who will receive recognition at the upcoming Winter Conference and Expo in Orlando, Fla.
ANS also announces the winners of awards presented by the Society’s professional divisions. These awards will be mailed to the recipients, and the divisions will recognize honorees at various division functions and meetings this fall. The 19 professional divisions of ANS are constituent units and represent a vast array of nuclear science and technology disciplines.
Lutz Bornschein, Beate Bornschein, Sylvia Ebenhöch, Moritz Hackenjos, Florian Priester, Marco Röllig, Michael Sturm, Thomas Thümmler, KATRIN Collaboration
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 71 | Number 4 | May 2017 | Pages 485-490
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2017.1291241
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Among the most important questions in fundamental physics and cosmology are the origin and the masses of fundamental particles, in particular the neutrino masses. KATRIN will allow a model-independent measurement of the neutrino mass scale with an expected sensitivity of 0.2 eV/c2 (90% CL). KATRIN will use a source of ultrapure molecular tritium and is currently being commissioned at KIT, thereby making use of the unique expertise of the Tritium Laboratory Karlsruhe. This paper presents the status of the KATRIN experiment, with the focus on the activity monitoring of the KATRIN tritium source.