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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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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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Three nations, three ways to recycle plastic waste with nuclear technology
Plastic waste pollutes oceans, streams, and bloodstreams. Nations in Asia and the Pacific are working with the International Atomic Energy Agency through the Nuclear Technology for Controlling Plastic Pollution (NUTEC Plastics) initiative to tackle the problem. Launched in 2020, NUTEC Plastics is focused on using nuclear technology to both track the flow of microplastics and improve upstream plastic recycling before discarded plastic can enter the ecosystem. Irradiation could target hard-to-recycle plastics and the development of bio-based plastics, offering sustainable alternatives to conventional plastic products and building a “circular economy” for plastics, according to the IAEA.
S. L. Gralnick, H. E. Dalhed
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 64 | Number 2 | October 1977 | Pages 373-378
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE77-A27377
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A method is presented for determining the trajectory of a particle moving along a straight line orbit in axisymmetric toroidal coordinate systems. These geometries occur in problems associated with neutral, neutron, and radiation transport studies in tokamak fusion devices. Numerical solutions of the equations describing the trajectory are performed in geometric configurations generated by the solution of the plasma equilibrium problem. An example problem of the deposition of a pencil beam of high-energy neutral particles in a tokamak plasma with a noncircular cross section due to the necessity of incorporating a divertor and the desirability of operating at a high plasma energy density is described.