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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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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|Sponsored by IRD
Tuesday, November 15, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Sonoran 1
Session Chair:
Jung Rim
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Hyoung K. Lee
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Design for Safeguards -- Detector Array for Locating Isolated Radioactive Source
1:00–1:20PM MST
Bahram Nassersharif (Univ. Rhode Island), Michael Peters (Univ. Rhode Island), Carlos Casanova (Univ. Rhode Island), Jacqueline Schings (Univ. Rhode Island), Cameron Lavoie (Univ. Rhode Island), Cameron S. Goodwin (Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center)
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Space-Dependent Calculation of the Multiplicity Moments with Scattering
1:20–1:40PM MST
Imre Pázsit (Chalmers Univ. Technology), Victor Dykin (Chalmers Univ. Technology)
Metaheuristics Design of an Energy Tuning Assembly to Replace AmLi Source Within Active Well Coincidence Counter (AWCC)
1:40–2:00PM MST
Austin Williams (Univ. Tennessee., Knoxville), Sandra Bogetic (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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