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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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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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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.
I. V. Aleksandrova, I. E. Osipov, E. R. Koresheva, T. P. Timasheva, S. M. Tolokonnikov, L. V. Panina, A. A. Belolipetskiy, L. S. Yaguzinskiy
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 63 | Number 2 | March-April 2013 | Pages 106-119
Technical Paper | Selected papers from 20th Target Fabrication Meeting, May 20-24, 2012, Santa Fe, NM, Guest Editor: Robert C. Cook | doi.org/10.13182/FST63-106
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
We report on credible solutions for fabrication of isotropic ultrafine fuel layers within ICF/IFE targets. The layers have enhanced mechanical strength and thermal stability that is of critical importance for target fabrication, acceleration, and injection. The effects of the extent of microstructure irregularity and bulk fuel properties are demonstrated. Emphasis is given to isotropic properties of the ultrafine layers for avoiding instabilities caused by grain-affected shock velocity variations. The considered fuel layers have the potential to advance materials for application to fusion target fabrication in the form that meets the requirements of implosion physics.
