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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. R. Sovereign, E. R. Ebersole, R. Villarreal, W. A. Hareland
Nuclear Technology | Volume 9 | Number 3 | September 1970 | Pages 416-421
Technique | Symposium on Theoretical Models for Predicting In-Reactor Performance of Fuel and Cladding Material | doi.org/10.13182/NT70-A28796
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A remotely operated atomic absorption system was developed for the routine determination of metallic constituents at macro and trace levels in highly irradiated nuclear fuel. A special optical system in the hot-cell directs a light signal to a monochromator and associated readout equipment located outside the cell. The same monochromator and readout equipment serves an atomic absorption instrument located outside the cell for analysis of non irradiated material. The sensitivity and precisian of the two systems is essentially the same. The time required for wet chemical analyses of irradiated fuel was reduced by a factor of 8 to 10 with the remote atomic absorption system.