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Radiation Protection & Shielding
The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
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Materials in Nuclear Energy Systems (MiNES 2023)
December 10–14, 2023
New Orleans, LA|New Orleans Marriott
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Obstacles to new nuclear in Sweden cleared
Aerial view of Sweden’s parliament building, Riksdagshuset, in Stockholm. (Photo: Arild Vågen/Wikipedia)
Sweden’s parliament, the Riksdag, has approved legislative amendments from Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s government that will remove the country’s prohibition on new reactor construction at sites other than Sweden’s three current nuclear plants—Forsmark, Ringhals, and Oskarshamn—and do away with the limitation on the number of simultaneously operating reactors, currently capped at 10.
The amendments enter force on January 1.
“The Riksdag shares the government’s assessment that fossil-free electricity from nuclear power will also continue to play a role of central importance in the Swedish energy mix,” the legislative body said in a statement following the November 29 vote. “The main reasons for this are an expected greater demand for electricity in combination with the fact that fossil fuels have to be phased out, particularly for climate reasons. Nuclear power also contributes to the stable and predictable functioning of the Swedish power system.”
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPSD
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|2:15–4:00PM EDT
Session Chair:
Andrew Rosenstrom
Alternate Chair:
Lucas M. Rolison
Session Organizer:
Amir A. Bahadori
Staff Producer:
Julie Bry (ANS)
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KSU TRIGA Mark II Nuclear Reactor MCNP6 Model Improvements for Cell Irradiation Facility Design
Eric Giunta (Kansas State Univ.), Rabab Elzohery (Kansas State Univ.), Angela Gearhardt (Kansas State Univ.), John C. Boyington (Kansas State Univ.), Alan T. Cebula (Kansas State Univ.), Jeremy Roberts (Kansas State Univ.), Amir A. Bahadori (Kansas State Univ.)
Summary
Breakdown of Assumptions for 1D Radiation Transport in Air: Effects from Ground
L. M. Rolison (LANL), M. L. Fensin (LANL)
Variance Reduction Complications when Computing an Energy Dependent Dose Response in a Single Calculation
M. L. Fensin (LANL)
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