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Members are devoted to applying nuclear science and engineering technologies involving isotopes, radiation applications, and associated equipment in scientific research, development, and industrial processes. Their interests lie primarily in education, industrial uses, biology, medicine, and health physics. Division committees include Analytical Applications of Isotopes and Radiation, Biology and Medicine, Radiation Applications, Radiation Sources and Detection, and Thermal Power Sources.
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Discovering, Making, and Testing New Materials: SRNL’s Center For Hierarchical Waste Form Materials
Savannah River National Laboratory researchers are building on the laboratory’s legacy of using cutting-edge science to effectively immobilize nuclear waste in innovative ways. As part of the Center for Hierarchical Waste Form Materials, SRNL is leveraging its depth of experience in radiological waste management to explore new frontiers in the industry.
I. Takagi, Y. Ueyama, T. Komura, M. Akiyoshi, T. Sasaki, K. Moritani, H. Moriyama
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 60 | Number 4 | November 2011 | Pages 1523-1526
Interaction with Materials | Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tritium Science and Technology (Part 2) | doi.org/10.13182/FST11-A12722
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Type 304 stainless steel samples were irradiated with MeV-energy H and He ions and deuterium concentrations were in-situ observed by a nuclear reaction analysis (NRA) under a condition of continuous plasma exposure. It was found that one type of trap was produced by the irradiation and its trapping energy was 0.28 eV. The trap production rates to displacement were 6.8x10-3 for He ion and 5.1x10-4 for H ion, respectively. The trap was annihilated at 489 K in H-irradiated sample.
