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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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Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Filling technical gaps and fueling the advancing nuclear supply chain at SRNL
Ensuring energy resilience for our nation is on the minds of leaders and citizens alike. Advances in nuclear power technologies are increasing needs within the nuclear industry supply chain. Savannah River National Laboratory’s decades of experience in nuclear materials processing makes the lab uniquely qualified to meet the current and future challenges of the nuclear fuel cycle.
R. C. Haight, D. W. Kneff, B. M. Oliver, L. R. Greenwood, H. Vonach
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 124 | Number 2 | October 1996 | Pages 219-227
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE96-A28573
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Helium production cross sections for the elements iron, nickel, and copper and for the isotopes 56Fe, S8Ni, 60Ni, and 61Nifor 9.85-MeV neutrons have been measured by irradiation with an intense, quasi-monoenergetic neutron source followed by helium analysis with isotope dilution gas mass spectrometry. The results are in fair agreement with (n,α) cross sections measured by alpha-particle detection and integration over the alpha-particle energies and angular distributions.