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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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DOE-EM awards $37.5M to Vanderbilt University for nuclear cleanup support
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management announced on January 16 that it has awarded a noncompetitive financial assistance agreement worth $37.5 million to Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., to aid the department’s mission of cleaning up legacy nuclear waste.
E. E. Burdick, D. G. Proctor
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 14 | Number 4 | December 1962 | Pages 384-389
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE62-A26246
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Flux changes caused by withdrawing black and gray control rods in the ETR have been compared. The flux changes are shown to be the same for each type of rod at distances greater then three inches from the rod. Closer to the rod, the gray rod is successful in reducing the flux change. In terms of the flux change per unit reactivity effect, the differences between the black and the gray rod is not noticeable beyond 1.5 in.