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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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ANS Student Conference 2025
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State legislation: Colorado redefines nuclear as “clean energy resource”
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill into law on Monday that adds nuclear to the state’s clean energy portfolio—making nuclear power eligible for new sources of project financing at the state, county, and city levels.
S. Suppiah, K. McCrimmon, S. Lalonde, D. Ryland, H. Boniface, C. Muirhead, I. Castillo
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 67 | Number 3 | April 2015 | Pages 588-591
Proceedings of TRITIUM 2013 | doi.org/10.13182/FST14-T86
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This paper outlines details of tritium-related work currently being carried out at AECL. AECL’s capabilities, in combination with the capabilities of its industrial and academic collaborators, offer great opportunities to the international tritium community to address issues related to tritium handling and use.
