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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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NRC wants input on Hermes 2 test reactor construction permit
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is seeking input on its draft environmental assessment and draft finding of no significant impact for Kairos Power’s application to build the Hermes 2 test reactor facility in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
B. Misra, R. E. Nygren, R. B. Poeppel, R. L. Kustom
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 1 | July 1985 | Pages 927-930
Material Engineering — Fabrication and Testing | Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A40152
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An experimental program is undertaken to assess whether microwave energy can be used to study the thermomechanical response of solid breeder blanket modules. The experimental setup consists of a water-cooled γ-LiAlO2 solid breeder blanket module heated by a 10-kW Klystron at 200 MHz. The spatial distribution of temperature at a series of power levels will show whether microwave energy is attractive as a potential power source for non-nuclear testing of solid breeder blanket modules.