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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.
Meeting Spotlight
2021 ANS Winter Meeting and Technology Expo
November 30–December 3, 2021
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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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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Eliminated as a repository site, Germany’s Gorleben salt mine to be closed
The German government has announced that it is closing the Gorleben salt mine in the Wendland region of Lower Saxony, officially removing the site from consideration as a repository for radioactive waste. Gorleben became a target of antinuclear protests after being proposed as a potential repository in the 1970s.
Technical Session
Tuesday, October 5, 2021|9:40–11:20AM (10:40AM–12:20PM EDT)|Salon A
Session Chair:
Jean Ragusa (Texas A&M Univ.)
Session Organizer:
Dmitriy Y. Anistratov (NC State Univ.)
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Unifying the Finite Element and Nodal Expansion Methods Under the Weighted Residuals Framework
Matt Kabelitz (Univ. of Michigan), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. of Michigan)
Summary
Spatial Discretization Error Estimators on Three Realistic Geometry Case Studies
Nathan H. Hart (LANL), Yousry Y. Azmy (NC State Univ.)
Two-Dimensional Source Estimation Problems Using an ADO-Nodal Solution to the Adjoint Transport Equation
C.B. Pazinatto (Instituto Federal de Educacao), L. B. Barichello (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)
Extending Gout's Wachspress Finite Elements on Regular Hexagons to Higher Orders
David Labeurthre (CEA), Ansar Calloo (CEA), Romain Le Tellier (CEA)
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