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Radiation Protection & Shielding
The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
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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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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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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).
E. Landi, K. P. Dere, P. R. Young, G. Del Zanna, H. E. Mason
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 63 | Number 3 | May 2013 | Pages 324-332
Technical Paper | Selected papers from IAEA-NFRI Technical Meeting on Data Evaluation for Atomic, Molecular and Plasma-Material Interaction Processes in Fusion, September 4-7, 2012, Daejeon, Republic of Korea | doi.org/10.13182/FST13-A16438
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The CHIANTI spectral code consists of two parts: an atomic database and a suite of computer programs, written in both the Python and IDL languages. Together, they allow the calculation of the optically thin spectrum of astrophysical objects and application of spectroscopic plasma diagnostics to astrophysical spectra. The database includes atomic energy levels; wavelengths; radiative transition probabilities; collision excitation rate coefficients; ionization and recombination rate coefficients; and data to calculate free-free, free-bound, and two-photon continuum emission. All data and programs are freely available at http://www.chiantidatabase.org and in SolarSoft, while the Python interface to CHIANTI can be found at http://chiantipy.sourceforge.net.