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Operations & Power
Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
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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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Fermilab center renamed after late particle physicist Helen Edwards
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory’s Integrated Engineering Research Center, which officially opened in January 2024, is now known as the Helen Edwards Engineering Center. The name was changed to honor the late particle physicist who led the design, construction, commissioning, and operation of the lab’s Tevatron accelerator and was part of the Water Resources Development Act signed by President Biden in December 2024, according to a Fermilab press release.
K. Akahane, N. Ezumi, Y. Uesugi, Y. Tanaka, M. Tanaka, K. Nishimura
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 60 | Number 4 | November 2011 | Pages 1343-1346
Detritiation and Isotope Separation | Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tritium Science and Technology (Part 2) | doi.org/10.13182/FST11-A12678
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Atmospheric pressure plasmas have many advantages for widespread applications since that are no necessary to use vacuum equipments. The work presented here is preliminary experimental results of hydrogen oxidation using an atmospheric pressure plasma. The experiment was done by a mixture gas included with a small amount of hydrogen and oxygen in an argon or a nitrogen plasma. As a result of mass spectrometry measurement, it has been found that hydrogen gas could be oxidized by the atmospheric pressure plasma. Moreover, dependence of the hydrogen conversion rate on the input power for discharge was confirmed. It has been also found that the hydrogen conversion rate in nitrogen plasma is higher than in argon one.
