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Japanese researchers test detection devices at West Valley
Two research scientists from Japan’s Kyoto University and Kochi University of Technology visited the West Valley Demonstration Project in western New York state earlier this fall to test their novel radiation detectors, the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management announced on November 19.
14th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators
Technical Session
Thursday, December 2, 2021|1:00–2:45PM EST |Lincoln East
Session Chair:
Yongqiang Wang (LANL)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Philip L. Cole
Student Assistant:
Mereym Murphy
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Investigating Radiation Effects in Materials using State-of-the-Art Particle Accelerators
1:05–1:25PM EST
Devon Drey (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville), Maik Lang (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville), Eric O'Quinn (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville), Will Cureton (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville), Changyong Park (ANL), David Sprouster (State Univ. of New York), Joerg Neuefeind (ORNL), Christina Trautmann (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung)
Paper
Application of Particle Accelerators to the Degradation of Materials in the Nuclear Reactor Core Environment
1:25–1:45PM EST
Gary S. Was (Univ. of Michigan)
The coupled effects of irradiation and corrosion on materials
1:45–2:05PM EST
Blas P. Uberuaga (LANL)
Ultra-high temperature ion irradiation effects in nuclear materials
2:05–2:25PM EST
Di Chen (Univ. of Houston)
Effects of Carbon and DPA Rates on Void Nucleation in Self-Ion-Irradiated Pure Iron
2:25–2:45PM EST
Zhihan Hu (TAMU), Lin Shao (TAMU)
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