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Isotopes & Radiation
Members are devoted to applying nuclear science and engineering technologies involving isotopes, radiation applications, and associated equipment in scientific research, development, and industrial processes. Their interests lie primarily in education, industrial uses, biology, medicine, and health physics. Division committees include Analytical Applications of Isotopes and Radiation, Biology and Medicine, Radiation Applications, Radiation Sources and Detection, and Thermal Power Sources.
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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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Feinstein Institutes to research novel radiation countermeasure
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, home of the research institutes of New York’s Northwell Health, announced it has received a five-year, $2.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the potential of human ghrelin, a naturally occurring hormone, as a medical countermeasure against radiation-induced gastrointestinal syndrome (GI-ARS).
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPSD
Tuesday, June 9, 2020|12:00–2:10PM EDT
Session Chair:
Steven J. Nathan
Alternate Chair:
Irina I. Popova
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Staff Producer:
Daniel Goldberg (American Nuclear Society)
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Shielding Analyses for the VENUS Instrument Enclosure
I. I. Popova (ORNL), F. X. Gallmeier (ORNL)
Paper
Assessment of Electrostatic Radiation Shielding Efficacy via Void Area Calculation
Luke Stegeman (Kansas State Univ.), Rajarshi Pal Chowdhury (Kansas State Univ.), Matthew L. Lund (Univ. of Utah), Dan J. Fry (NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center), Stojan M. Madzunkov (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Amir A. Bahadori (Kansas State Univ.)
Dose Analysis for a Neutron Source Driven Subcritical Assembly
Cliff H. Ghiglieri (Colorado School of Mines), Jeffrey C. King (Colorado School of Mines)
The US EPA Superfund Radon Vapor Intrusion Screening Level (RVISL) Electronic Calculator
Stuart Walker (US EPA)
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