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Isotopes & Radiation
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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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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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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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.
V.V. Artisyuk, Yu.A. Korovin, A. Yu. Konoveyev, V.N. Sosnin
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 20 | Number 4 | December 1991 | Pages 689-690
Accelerator/Reactor Waste Transmutation | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A11946920
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The transmutation efficiency of radioactive fission products (137Cs and 90Sr) and actinide nuclei (237Np) in different parts of Muon Catalyzed Reactor (MCR) is investigated. It is found that system which incorporate MCR and several PWR can be optimized in order to incinerate radioactive waste.
