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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.
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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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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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TerraPower begins U.K. regulatory approval process
Seattle-based TerraPower signaled its interest this week in building its Natrium small modular reactor in the United Kingdom, the company announced.
TerraPower sent a letter to the U.K.’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, formally establishing its intention to enter the U.K. generic design assessment (GDA) process. This is TerraPower’s first step in deployment of its Natrium technology—a 345-MW sodium fast reactor coupled with a molten salt energy storage unit—on the international stage.
Technical Session|Sponsored by ETWDD
Wednesday, December 1, 2021|4:20–5:45PM EST |Georgetown West
Session Chair:
Andrew R. Griffith
Alternate Chair:
Cathy S. Dixon
Session Organizer:
Kim Dougherty
Student Assistant:
Robin Roper
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Update on the Ongoing Ultra-Small Modular Reactor Design Project
4:25–4:45PM EST
Naiki Kaffezakis (Georgia Institute of Technology), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Paper
Facile Oxide to Chalcogenide Conversion for Actinides Using the Boron-Chalcogen Mixture Method
4:45–5:05PM EST
Logan S. Breton (Univ. of South Carolina), Vladislav V. Klepov (Univ. of South Carolina), Hans-Conrad zur Loye (Univ. of South Carolina)
Disorder in Ho2Ti2-xZrxO7: Pyrochlore to Defect Fluorite Solid Solution Series
5:05–5:25PM EST
Devon Drey (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville), Eric O'Quinn (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville), Maik Lang (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville)
Phase Evolution in Annealed U-22.5 at.% Zr and U-52.8 at.% Zr Foils Characterized with Scanning Electron Microscopy and In-Situ Neutron Diffraction
5:25–5:45PM EST
W. J. Williams (INL), S. C. Vogel (LANL), M. A. Okuniewski (Purdue Univ.)
A Machine Learning Regression Approach for Pulse Shape Discrimination in Organic Scintillators
5:45–6:05PM EST
Matthew Durbin (Penn State Univ.), Marc Wonders (PNNL), Marek Flaska (Penn State Univ.), Azaree Lintereur (Univ. of Utah)
Toward a Broader Understanding of the Transitional Speciation in the Actinide-Lanthanide Separation Process
6:05–6:25PM EST
Gabriela Picayo (Colorado School of Mines), Mark Jensen (Colorado School of Mines)
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