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Education, Training & Workforce Development
The Education, Training & Workforce Development Division provides communication among the academic, industrial, and governmental communities through the exchange of views and information on matters related to education, training and workforce development in nuclear and radiological science, engineering, and technology. Industry leaders, education and training professionals, and interested students work together through Society-sponsored meetings and publications, to enrich their professional development, to educate the general public, and to advance nuclear and radiological science and engineering.
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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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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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ARPA-E announces $40 million to develop transmutation technologies for UNF
The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) announced $40 million in funding to develop cutting-edge technologies to enable the transmutation of used nuclear fuel into less-radioactive substances. According to ARPA-E, the new initiative addresses one of the agency’s core goals as outlined by Congress: to provide transformative solutions to improve the management, cleanup, and disposal of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel.
Darpan Bhattacharjee, Smruti Ranjan Mohanty, Sayan Adhikari
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 79 | Number 6 | August 2023 | Pages 671-682
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2023.2176690
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The conventional inertial electrostatic confinement fusion (IECF) operation is based on the application of high negative voltage to the central grid, which results in the production of neutrons due to the fusion of lighter ions. The device can also be used as an X-ray source by altering the polarity of the central grid. In this work, electron dynamics during the positive polarity of the central grid are studied using the object-oriented particle-in-cell code XOOPIC. The simulated trapped electron density inside the anode is found to be on the order of 1016 m when 10 kV is applied to the anode. The recirculatory characteristics of the electrons are also studied from the velocity distribution function. A scintillator-based photomultiplier tube is used to detect the produced X-ray. The X-ray-emitting zones of the device are investigated by pinhole imaging techniques. Last, the radiography of metallic as well as biological samples are reported in the later part of this paper. This study shows the utilization of the IECF device when the polarity of the central grid is reversed.