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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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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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NextGen MURR Working Group established in Missouri
The University of Missouri’s Board of Curators has created the NextGen MURR Working Group to serve as a strategic advisory body for the development of the NextGen MURR (University of Missouri Research Reactor).
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE)
Technical Session
Thursday, June 16, 2022|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT|Huntington B/C
Session Chair:
Mark Gilbert (UK Atomic Energy Agency)
Alternate Chair:
Leigh Winfrey
Session Organizer:
Lauren M. Garrison (ORNL)
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High Yield Neutron Source for Near-Term Fusion Material Testing
Ross F. Radel (Phoenix), Preston Barrows (SHINE Technologies), Tye Gribb (SHINE Technologies), Lucas Jacobson (SHINE Technologies)
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Use of LANSCE Spallation Neutrons to Drive a Fusion Prototypic Neutron Source
Eric J. Pitcher (LANL), Yuri K. Batygin (LANL), Stuart A. Maloy (LANL), Eric R. Olivas (LANL), Keith A. Woloshun (LANL)
Advanced Synchrotron Characterization Techniques for Fusion Materials Science
David Sprouster (Stony Brook Univ.), Lance L. Snead (Stony Brook Univ.), Jason Trelewicz (Stony Brook Univ.), Yutai Katoh (ORNL), Takaaki Koyanagi (ORNL), Weicheng Zhong (ORNL)
Analytical Electron Microscopy, Atom Probe, and Machine Learning for Transmutation Characterization
Chad M. Parish (ORNL), Philip D. Edmondson (ORNL)
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