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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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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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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|Sponsored by NCSD
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|10:00–11:45AM MST|Copperwood
Session Chair:
James C. Bunsen
Alternate Chair:
Leah Berman
Session Organizer:
Benjamin Martin
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Genetic Algorithm Optimization of Experiment Design for Targeted Uncertainty Reduction on the 35Cl (n,p) Cross Section
10:00–10:20AM MST
Alexander Amedeo DePillis (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Vladimir Sobes (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Sandra Bogetic (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), J. Wesley Hines (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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Maximizing the Loading of the H-Canyon Used Nuclear Fuel Dissolvers
10:20–10:40AM MST
Hannah Hyslop (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nathan Devine (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions), Joshua Butler (Y-12 Nat'l Security Complex), Tracy Stover (GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy)
Fraction Critical and k-effective
10:40–11:00AM MST
Robert D. Busch (Univ. New Mexico)
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