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Accelerator Applications
The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.
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
Tuesday, July 23, 2024|10:00–11:50AM CDT|Senate A/B
Session Chair:
Jonathan E. Menard
Alternate Chair:
Ben Lindley
Session Organizer:
Arnold Lumsdaine
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Design Point and Optimization of a General Fusion Magnetized Target Fusion Power Plant
10:00–10:25AM CDT
Daymon Krotez (General Fusion), Raphael Segas (General Fusion), Ivan Khalzov (General Fusion)
Presented by Michel Laberge (General Fusion)
Paper
Pre-Conceptual Neutronics and Shielding Assessment of a Beam-Driven Tokamak Volumetric Neutron Source
10:25–10:50AM CDT
Dieter Leichtle (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Roman Afanasenko (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Christian Bachmann (EUROfusion), Pierluigi Chiovaro (Univ. Palermo), Aljaz Cufar (Jožef Stefan Institute), Gianfranco Federici (EUROfusion), Thomas Franke (EUROfusion), Ivo Moscato (EUROfusion), Jin Hun Park (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), Pavel Pereslavtsev (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Alex Valentine (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority)
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The Advanced Tokamak Fusion Pilot Plant: An Optimized and Integrated Conceptual Design
10:50–11:10AM CDT
D.B. Weisberg (General Atomics), T. Akiyama (General Atomics), P. Beharrel (General Atomics), S. Ding (General Atomics), G. Dose (General Atomics), N. Eidietis (General Atomics), A.M. Garofalo (General Atomics), A. Ghiozzi (Oak Ridge Associated Universities), B.A. Grierson (General Atomics), J. Guterl (General Atomics), J. Harvery (General Atomics), A. Hennessey (General Atomics), A. Leonard (General Atomics), J. Leuer (General Atomics), B. Lyons (General Atomics), R. Maurizio (General Atomics), O. Meneghini (General Atomics), P. Mijatovic (General Atomics), R. Raffray (General Atomics), N. Shi (General Atomics), T. Slendebroek (Oak Ridge Associated Universities), M. Tillack (General Atomics), A. Xing (General Atomics)
Project Century: Zap Energy's 100 kW-Scale Repetitive Sheared-Flow-Stabilized Z-Pinch System with Liquid Metal Cooling
11:10–11:30AM CDT
M.C. Thompson (Zap Energy), V. Nalajala (Zap Energy), B. Kelleher (Zap Energy), S. Brantley (Zap Energy), C. Parga (Zap Energy), A. Cheung (Zap Energy), M. Aubuchon (Zap Energy), B.A. Nelson (Zap Energy), B. Maynard (Zap Energy), J. Beers (Zap Energy), C. Ying (Zap Energy), J. Stuber (Zap Energy), T. Schwartz (Zap Energy), G. Staines (Zap Energy), S. Gagnon (Zap Energy), M. Acks (Zap Energy), S. Ashrun (Zap Energy), S. Bagdy (Zap Energy), A. Basile (Zap Energy), B. Beers (Zap Energy), K. Blackwell (Zap Energy), H. Blanck (Zap Energy), F. Caliari (Zap Energy), H. Carlson (Zap Energy), M. Christenson (Zap Energy), T. Connolly (Zap Energy), S. Cortez (Zap Energy), J. Costa-Greger (Zap Energy), H. Grover (Zap Energy), C. Hansen (Zap Energy), K. Hatfield (Zap Energy), S. Huotilainen (Zap Energy), S. Jurovich (Zap Energy), S. Korlann (Zap Energy), S. Muniyalkrishna (Zap Energy), M. Parry (Zap Energy), W. Pauley (Zap Energy), B. Pedler (Zap Energy), T. Rhodes (Zap Energy), D. Sanabria (Zap Energy), W. Schoenthal (Zap Energy), Z. Toth (Zap Energy), N. Tripp (Zap Energy), B. Wakefield (Zap Energy), B. Watson (Zap Energy), C. Zehner (Zap Energy)
Approach to Startup Inventory for Viable Commercial Fusion Power Plant
11:30–11:50AM CDT
Collin R. Malone (SRNL), Holly B. Flynn (SRNL), Alex D. Somers (SRNL), P. Arron Rowell (SRNL), George K. Larsen (SRNL)
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