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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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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.
H. Zhou, Y. Hirooka, N. Ashikawa, T. Muroga, A. Sagara
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 63 | Number 1 | May 2013 | Pages 361-363
doi.org/10.13182/FST13-A16955
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Hydrogen plasma-driven permeation (PDP) experiments have been conducted, using a steady state linear plasma device for the membranes made of reduced activation ferritic steel (F82H) and stainless steel (SUS304). The steady state PDP ratios have been measured to be of the orders of 10-3 and 10-4 at ~220 °C for 1 mm thick F82H and SUS304 membranes, respectively. For F82H, the steady state PDP flux ratio has been found to be inversely proportional to membrane thickness at ~220 °C, indicating that permeation is diffusion-limited. From the temperature dependent PDP data for F82H an activation energy has been evaluated to be ~0.5 eV.
