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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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Reboot: Nuclear needs a success . . . anywhere
The media have gleefully resurrected the language of a past nuclear renaissance. Beyond the hype and PR, many people in the nuclear community are taking a more measured view of conditions that could lead to new construction: data center demand, the proliferation of new reactor designs and start-ups, and the sudden ascendance of nuclear energy as the power source everyone wants—or wants to talk about.
Once built, large nuclear reactors can provide clean power for at least 80 years—outlasting 10 to 20 presidential administrations. Smaller reactors can provide heat and power outputs tailored to an end user’s needs. With all the new attention, are we any closer to getting past persistent supply chain and workforce issues and building these new plants? And what will the election of Donald Trump to a second term as president mean for nuclear?
As usual, there are more questions than answers, and most come down to money. Several developers are engaging with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or have already applied for a license, certification, or permit. But designs without paying customers won’t get built. So where are the customers, and what will it take for them to commit?
K. N. Prasad, W. A. Jester, F. J. Remick
Nuclear Technology | Volume 24 | Number 2 | November 1974 | Pages 252-259
Technical Paper | Analysis | doi.org/10.13182/NT74-A31481
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Post-cutting chip activation analysis has been developed for the study of tool wear. In this technique, chips produced during machining are analyzed by neutron activation for a tracer that occurs in the tool. Tungsten was used as a tracer that was inherently present in the tool, and europium was used as a tracer that was added to the tool during its production. It was found that europium fails to effectively meet all the requirements of a tracer in the tool. By using the tungsten in high-speed steel tools and Ti—6Al—4 V alloy work material, it was shown that (a) a random selection of chips was ineffective in providing useful tool wear information and (b) the traditionally ignored break-in period of tool wear could be used to predict tool life to within the same margin of error as conventional methods, but with potential savings in time and cost.
