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Division Spotlight
Fuel Cycle & Waste Management
Devoted to all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle including waste management, worldwide. Division specific areas of interest and involvement include uranium conversion and enrichment; fuel fabrication, management (in-core and ex-core) and recycle; transportation; safeguards; high-level, low-level and mixed waste management and disposal; public policy and program management; decontamination and decommissioning environmental restoration; and excess weapons materials disposition.
Meeting Spotlight
Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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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
Monday, June 13, 2022|3:15–5:00PM PDT|San Simeon B
Session Chair:
Adam Hecht
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Amir A. Bahadori
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Neutron Detection for Radiological Emergency
Sanjoy Mukhopadhyay (Nevada Nuclear Security Site), Richard J. Maurer (Nevada Nuclear Security Site), Johnny Grimes (Nevada Nuclear Security Site)
Paper
Muon Imaging for Used Nuclear Fuel Dry-Cask Storage Verification
Jesus Valencia (Univ. New Mexico), Dominic Lioce (Univ. New Mexico), Adam A. Hecht (Univ. New Mexico)
Non-Linear Cherenkov Muon Spectrometer Using Multi-Layer Pressurized C3F8 Gas Radiators
J. Bae (Purdue), S. Chatzidakis (Purdue)
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