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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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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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BWXT will scout potential TRISO fuel production sites in Wyoming
BWX Technologies Inc. announced today that its Advanced Technologies subsidiary has signed a cooperation agreement with the state of Wyoming to evaluate locations and requirements for siting a potential new TRISO nuclear fuel fabrication facility in the state.
W. L. Kruer
Nuclear Technology | Volume 27 | Number 2 | October 1975 | Pages 216-223
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24288
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Particle codes are a powerful tool for the numerical simulation of nonlinear plasma behavior. In these codes, one follows the motion of a large number of electrons and ions in their self-consistent (plus externally imposed) electric and magnetic fields. The fields are solved for on a spatial grid chosen to resolve the collective behavior of the plasma (i.e., the plasma waves). The interpolation between the grid and the particle positions corresponds physically to a multipole expansion of finite-size charges about their nearest grid point location. Results from particle codes agree with numerical solutions of the Vlasov equation. In laser fusion applications, particle codes are used to study the absorption of laser light.