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Isotopes & Radiation
Members are devoted to applying nuclear science and engineering technologies involving isotopes, radiation applications, and associated equipment in scientific research, development, and industrial processes. Their interests lie primarily in education, industrial uses, biology, medicine, and health physics. Division committees include Analytical Applications of Isotopes and Radiation, Biology and Medicine, Radiation Applications, Radiation Sources and Detection, and Thermal Power Sources.
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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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TerraPower begins U.K. regulatory approval process
Seattle-based TerraPower signaled its interest this week in building its Natrium small modular reactor in the United Kingdom, the company announced.
TerraPower sent a letter to the U.K.’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, formally establishing its intention to enter the U.K. generic design assessment (GDA) process. This is TerraPower’s first step in deployment of its Natrium technology—a 345-MW sodium fast reactor coupled with a molten salt energy storage unit—on the international stage.
Lutz W. Dahlke, Maurice Robkin
Nuclear Technology | Volume 12 | Number 4 | December 1971 | Pages 407-414
Technical Note | Analysis | doi.org/10.13182/NT71-A30992
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A high-resolution neutron radiographic system has been developed at the University of Washington Nuclear Reactor to radiograph mixed oxide particle fuels. The method was tested without fuel using TiO2, Eu2O3, and RhO2 mixtures as analogs for the oxides of U, 239Pu, and 240Pu, respectively. These analogs have microscopic cross sections similar to the fuel isotopes. Two weight percent PuO2-UO2 fuel rod radiographic analogs were built containing PuO2 analog particle diameter distributions from 0 to 800 μm. These radiographic analogs were radiographed with resonant energy neutrons using the activation transfer neutron detection technique to examine both the homogeneity of the mixed oxide and the imaging of the various diameter PuO2 analog particles. A divergent neutron collimator was designed to successfully complete this study. Also, an experiment was performed to determine the contrast sensitivity of neutron radiography for the radiographic discrimination between the analog for 239PuO2 and the analog for 240PuO2.