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Nuclear Installations Safety
Devoted specifically to the safety of nuclear installations and the health and safety of the public, this division seeks a better understanding of the role of safety in the design, construction and operation of nuclear installation facilities. The division also promotes engineering and scientific technology advancement associated with the safety of such facilities.
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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
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First astatine-labeled compound shipped in the U.S.
The Department of Energy’s National Isotope Development Center (NIDC) on March 31 announced the successful long-distance shipment in the United States of a biologically active compound labeled with the medical radioisotope astatine-211 (At-211). Because previous shipments have included only the “bare” isotope, the NIDC has described the development as “unleashing medical innovation.”
Richard S. Skifton, Joe Palmer, Kurt Davis, Pattrick Calderoni (INL), Ember Sikorski (Boise State Univ), Doug Corbett (Idaho Laboratories Corp.)
Proceedings | Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technolgies (NPIC&HMIT 2019) | Orlando, FL, February 9-14, 2019 | Pages 1524-1529
Over the preceding ten years, continual research and development has been performed on the high temperature irradiation resistant thermocouple (HTIR-TC) by the team at Idaho National Laboratories (INL) High Temperature Test Laboratory (HTTL). The HTIR-TC has the capability of achieving high temperatures up to 1600°C or more. Further, the HTIR-TC has gone through many longevity tests both in and out of pile to show the amount of drift is minimal compared standard thermocouples. Key considerations for properties and materials of the HTIR-TC have been final diameter, ductility after heat treatment, and minimizing transmutation of materials during operation. Further, heat treatment and calibration processes have been established in order to consistently produce repeatable and reliable temperature readings. The current work provides further background for the standardization process of the HTIR-TC.
