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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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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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Discovering, Making, and Testing New Materials: SRNL’s Center For Hierarchical Waste Form Materials
Savannah River National Laboratory researchers are building on the laboratory’s legacy of using cutting-edge science to effectively immobilize nuclear waste in innovative ways. As part of the Center for Hierarchical Waste Form Materials, SRNL is leveraging its depth of experience in radiological waste management to explore new frontiers in the industry.
Technical Session|Sponsored by IRD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Room 5
Session Chair:
Londrea Garrett
Alternate Chair:
Igor Jovanovic
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Controlling Radioluminescence Performance in Gdpo₄: Ln³⁺ Nanoparticles via Thermal Annealing for Nuclear Radiation Detection and Energy Conversion
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Santiago Bermudez Naranjo (Virginia Commonwealth University), Marlen Calix Quezada (Young Members Group), Carlos E. Castano (Virginia Commonwealth University), Jessika V. Rojas (Virginia Commonwealth University)
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Demonstration of Plutonium Diversion Detection Methodology for Molten Salt Reactors using Gamma Emitting Fission Product Yields
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Alvin J. Lee (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Tomasz Kozlowski (University of Illinois)
Preliminary Verification and Validation of the MITR Simulator Against Reactor Operational Data
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Alison Okumura (Young Members Group), Lin-Wen Hu (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Variational Auto Encoder Based Generative Inverse Model for Nuclear Detector Design
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Sachini Piyoni Ekanayake (GE Vernova Advanced Research Center), Zhanpan Zhang (GE Vernova Advanced Research Center), Scott Evans (GE Vernova Advanced Research Center), Uwe Wiedmann (GE Healthcare Technology and Innovation Center), Christopher Reynolds (GE Vernova Advanced Research Center)
Application of Monte Carlo Method with ORIGEN for Salt Sample Analysis in INL's Advanced Test Reactor Test Beds
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Kyoung Lee (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Greg Westphal (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Joanna McFarlane (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Wesley C. Williams (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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