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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.
Meeting Spotlight
Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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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NRC engineers share their expertise at the University of Puerto Rico
Robert Roche-Rivera and Marcos Rolón-Acevedo are licensed professional engineers who work at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. They are also alumni of the University of Puerto Rico–Mayagüez (UPRM) and have been sharing their knowledge and experience with students at their alma mater since last year, serving as adjunct professors in the university’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. During the 2023–2024 school year, they each taught two courses: Fundamentals of Nuclear Science and Engineering, and Nuclear Power Plant Engineering.
Technical Session
Tuesday, October 5, 2021|1:20–3:00PM EDT
Session Chair:
Raffi Yessayan (LANL)
Session Organizer:
Andrew T. Till (LANL)
Student Producer:
William Dawn (NC State Univ.)
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Nystrom Method Applied to the Non-Homogeneous Transport Equation
1:20–1:45PM EDT
Luana Lazzari (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), Esequia Sauter (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), Fabio Souto de Azevedo (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)
Paper
On the Solution of Systems of Linear Equations Arising Within the ADO Method for Solving Two-Dimensional Problems in Anisotropic Scattering Media
1:45–2:10PM EDT
Karine Rui (Universidade Federal do Rio Grando do Sul), Liliane Basso Barichello (Universidade Federal do Rio Grando do Sul), Rudnei Dias da Cunha (Universidade Federal do Rio Grando do Sul)
Numerical Caseology by Lagrange Interpolation for the 1D Neutron Transport Equation in a Slab
2:10–2:35PM EDT
B. D. Ganapol (Univ. of Arizona)
A Variation on the Response Matrix Approach for a Slab Illuminated by a Neutron Beam
2:35–3:00PM EDT
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