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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. P. Bishop, C. D. Hollister
Nuclear Technology | Volume 24 | Number 3 | December 1974 | Pages 425-443
Technical Paper | Radioactive Waste | doi.org/10.13182/NT74-A31506
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The oceans cover more than 70% of the earth’s surface, and while they contain many valuable resources, they also cover some of the most inaccessible and unproductive areas of the planet. With their ability to detoxify and disperse contaminants, the oceans have for many years been used for disposal of biological and chemical wastes, but radioactive wastes present a more complex problem in that the ocean environment cannot detoxify them. Still it appears that certain oceanic areas—the mid-plate/mid-gyre regions— may possibly offer practical and nonpunitive areas for disposal of high-level radioactive wastes. A program is now under way at Sandia Laboratories to gather the data necessary to an under standing of the features and processes of the mid-plate/mid-gyre regions. This study seeks to identify (a) the knowledge necessary for a judgment concerning their use as a repository, and (b) the areas in which that knowledge is now lacking. We conclude that the geologic stability and relative uselessness of some mid-plate/mid-gyre ocean basin floors are sufficient justification for an objective investigation of the processes pertinent to their use as an ultimate nuclear waste repository. Far from advocating any immediate decisions to use these regions for disposal, we stress that a systematic study is both prudent and urgent in view of the nuclear waste problem.