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Radiation Protection & Shielding
The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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Japanese researchers test detection devices at West Valley
Two research scientists from Japan’s Kyoto University and Kochi University of Technology visited the West Valley Demonstration Project in western New York state earlier this fall to test their novel radiation detectors, the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management announced on November 19.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|Jasmine D
Session Chair:
Matthew Wargon (TerraPower)
Alternate Chair:
Massimiliano Fratoni (UC Berkeley)
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Direct Multi-Group Cross-Sections via NJOY/ETEN for TRISO Fuel Compacts
10:00–10:20AM PDT
Taylor S. Kimball (Univ. Utah), Glenn E. Sjoden (Univ. Utah), Meng-Jen (Vince) Wang (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas)
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Exploring the Effect of the Number of Groups of Delayed Neutron Precursors in Reactor Dynamics Simulations of Molten Salt Reactors
10:20–10:40AM PDT
Thabit Abuqudaira (TAMU), Pavel Tsvetkov (TAMU), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
A Note on Using Poisons to Improve MTC in Metal Hydride-Moderated Reactors
10:40–11:00AM PDT
Zuolong Zhu (Ohio State), Dean Wang (Ohio State)
Feasibility of Enhancing Neutron Moderation in Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Reactor by Using Synthetic Diamond
11:00–11:20AM PDT
Reem Alnuaimi (KAIST), Paolo Venneri (Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp.), Yonghee Kim (KAIST)
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