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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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Virginia utility considers SMRs
Dominion Energy Virginia has issued a request for proposals from leading nuclear companies to study the feasibility of putting a small modular reactor at its North Anna nuclear power plant.
While the utility says it is not a commitment to build an SMR at the site, the RFP is “an important first step in evaluating the technology and the North Anna site to support Dominion Energy customers’ future energy needs consistent with the company’s most recent Integrated Resource Plan.”
Houlung Lee*, Edward S. Kenney
Nuclear Technology | Volume 100 | Number 1 | October 1992 | Pages 70-78
Technical Paper | Material | doi.org/10.13182/NT92-A34754
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By introducing wide-aperture detectors, the efficiency of the conventional Compton scatter imaging technique can be greatly improved. A Monte Carlo method has been developed to investigate the imaging process of this enhanced Compton imaging technique. Using this technique, a conceptual design of a pipe inspection system has been completed. This system features the use of dual wide-aperture detectors and a photon source of two energy components. In practice, a source of more than two energy components is allowed. With this inspection system, the inner surface contours of the pipe can be reconstructed in a rather straightforward manner, and the inner surface can be fully mapped. The measured data together with the associated geometry parameters such as size and curvature will serve to provide a two- or three-dimensional contour mapping of the pipe.