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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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When your test capsule is the test: ORNL’s 3D-printed rabbit
Oak Ridge National Laboratory has, for the first time, designed, printed, and irradiated a specimen capsule—or rabbit capsule—for use in its High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR), the Department of Energy announced on January 15.
M. A. Sweeney, J. N. Olsen
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 89 | Number 3 | March 1985 | Pages 233-246
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE85-A17544
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The Sandia National Laboratories Particle Beam Fusion Accelerator PBFA II is expected to produce significant amounts of prompt penetrating radiation from bremsstrahlung. In the present study the radiation environment for two voltages, 30 and 5 MV, has been calculated using a three-dimensional electron-photon transport code. Because of the facility design changes required with the high-voltage lithium ion option, most calculations were done at 30 MV. The dose to personnel, ∼1 mrad for the 30-MV option, is acceptable. Reliable operation of electronic components, however, requires significant changes to systems in various stages of completion. Shielding and relocation options that minimize interference with the completion schedule of the accelerator and with its operation and maintenance have been investigated. We find that an array of control devices located in the east alcove of the basement should be moved to the main control/monitor screen room in the low bay. A thicker top cover on the vacuum chamber and a higher water level in the pulse-forming section allow electronics in the screen room to cope with the hard 30-MV spectrum. A two-stage shield has been designed to protect the KrF laser and its associated electronics, which cannot be removed from the basement. The two-stage shield consists of a thick steel bottom cover on the vacuum chamber and a thick shield wall on the north alcove of the basement.