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The division provides a forum for focused technical dialogue on thermal hydraulic technology in the nuclear industry. Specifically, this will include heat transfer and fluid mechanics involved in the utilization of nuclear energy. It is intended to attract the highest quality of theoretical and experimental work to ANS, including research on basic phenomena and application to nuclear system design.
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First astatine-labeled compound shipped in the U.S.
The Department of Energy’s National Isotope Development Center (NIDC) on March 31 announced the successful long-distance shipment in the United States of a biologically active compound labeled with the medical radioisotope astatine-211 (At-211). Because previous shipments have included only the “bare” isotope, the NIDC has described the development as “unleashing medical innovation.”
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by NNPD
Thursday, December 2, 2021|10:00–11:45AM EST |Columbia 3
Session Chair:
Shikha Prasad (TAMU)
Alternate Chair:
John Mattingly (NCSU)
Session Organizer:
Student Assistant:
Peter Hotvedt
Antineutrino detection could be a tool to remotely monitor a nuclear reactor's power, burnup, fuel composition, and used nuclear fuel repository. However, it is challenging to build portable detectors based on existing inverse-beta-decay interaction. Coherent-elastic-neutrino-nucleus-scattering (CEvNS) has recently emerged as the next generation, potential candidate for antineutrino measurements with kilogram-scale detectors. Nonetheless, there are several questions that need to be answered in the context of nuclear nonproliferation and reactor monitoring which will be discussed in this panel discussion: i) how low in antineutrino energy can one detect; ii) can an improvement in energy resolution be realized; iii) how can sensitivity to background radiation be treated; iv) what level of confidence can CEvNS provide in measuring power and burnup; v) how easily can they be deployed, and how much will they cost?
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