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Division Spotlight
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.
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 12, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EDT|Marriott 1
Session Chair:
Sunil S. Chirayath
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Irina I. Popova
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Prompt Gamma Measurement from the Manganese Sulphate Bath
1:00–1:20PM EDT
Martin Schulc (Research Centre Rez), Tomas Czakoj (Research Cenre Rez), Michal Kostal (Research Cenre Rez), Evzen Losa (Research Cenre Rez), Evzen Novak (Research Cenre Rez), Jan Simon (Research Cenre Rez), Jan Rataj (Research Centre Rez)
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Development of Advanced Radionuclide Gamma spectrOmeter-2 (ARGO-2) for Low-Level Radionuclide Measurements
1:20–1:40PM EDT
Manish Sharma (PNNL), Jonathan Burnett (PNNL), Ryan O'Mara (PNNL), Allan Myers (PNNL)
Limitation of the Cosine Law for Large Isotropic Sources and Small Detectors in a Void
1:40–2:00PM EDT
Jeffrey A. Favorite (LANL), William M. Schmitt (Charles Stark Draper Lab.)
MCNP6.3 Unstructured Mesh Verfication of Oktavian Geometries
2:00–2:20PM EDT
Micky Dzur (LANL), Jerawan Armstrong (LANL), Chelsea D'Angelo (LANL)
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