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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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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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MURR expansion set back by Mo. state legislature
Spirits were high last month when a ribbon cutting was held at the University of Missouri for a $20 million, three-story, 47,000-square-foot addition, dubbed MURR West, to the MURR research reactor facilities.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Tuesday, June 9, 2020|12:00–2:10PM EDT
Alternate Chair:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
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Jay Bogardus (American Nuclear Society)
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Preliminary Results from In-Pile Transient Boiling Experiments at the TREAT Facility
R. Christensen (Univ. of Idaho), K. Terrill (Univ. of Idaho), N. Brown (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville), R. Hernandez (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville), D. Wachs (INL), R. Armstrong (INL), A. Fleming (INL), N. Woolstenhulme (INL), C. Folsom (INL), C. Jensen (INL)
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Informing Transient Testing of Fuel Designs for the Transformational Challenge Reactor
Robert Kile (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville), Kurt A. Terrani (ORNL), Gokul Vasudevamurthy (ORNL), Aaron J. Wysocki (ORNL), Daniel Schappel (ORNL)
Strontium Diffusivity in IG-110 Graphite Using a Time-Release Method
Taylor Mae Weilert (Univ. of Missouri)
Establishing Maximal Core Excess Reactivity Envelope for TREAT Test Vehicle Insertion
James R. Parry (INL), Nicolas E. Woolstenhulme (INL), John D. Bess (INL)
HFIR Irradiation Testing Supporting the Transformational Challenge Reactor
R. H. Howard (ORNL), K. A. Terrani (ORNL), T. S. Byun (ORNL), X. Hu (ORNL), P. Champlin (ORNL), K. D. Linton (ORNL), A. G. Le Coq (ORNL)
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