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The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
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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.
C. Coceva, P. Giacobbe, M. Magnani
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 91 | Number 2 | October 1985 | Pages 209-219
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE85-A27442
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The analysis of two 91Zr neutron transmission experiments performed some years ago at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Geel electron Linacs showed systematic discrepancy in the resonance neutron width estimation. The two sets of data are comprehensively reanalyzed by a shape least-squares method that builds up a single system of normal equations. An accurate resolution function description was obtained by Monte Carlo calculation of the moderation and detection contributions. The two experiments are found to be in complete agreement and a single set of resonance neutron widths is obtained.
