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Isotopes & Radiation
Members are devoted to applying nuclear science and engineering technologies involving isotopes, radiation applications, and associated equipment in scientific research, development, and industrial processes. Their interests lie primarily in education, industrial uses, biology, medicine, and health physics. Division committees include Analytical Applications of Isotopes and Radiation, Biology and Medicine, Radiation Applications, Radiation Sources and Detection, and Thermal Power Sources.
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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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IEA report: Challenges need to be resolved to support global nuclear energy growth
The International Energy Agency published a new report this month outlining how continued innovation, government support, and new business models can unleash nuclear power expansion worldwide.
The Path to a New Era for Nuclear Energy report “reviews the status of nuclear energy around the world and explores risks related to policies, construction, and financing.”
Find the full report at IEA.org.
M. Natelson
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 31 | Number 2 | February 1968 | Pages 325-336
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE68-A18245
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A strategy is proposed for the application of space-angle synthesis (SAS) to the finding of solutions for practical nuclear reactor neutron transport problems. A simple SAS approximation is derived. Trial functions for the approximations are to be created for each mesh point used in describing a set of similar problems which are to be solved. The strategy is concerned with constructing problems that are simpler than, but representative of, the set of problems finally to be solved. It is from transport solutions of these representative problems that the SAS trial functions are to be formed. This strategy and the simple SAS approximation are applied successfully to several sets of similar problems for which diffusion theory is inadequate.
