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Accelerator Applications
The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.
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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2023)
February 6–9, 2023
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
Standards Program
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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Cs-137 sealed source found in Western Australia
A rendering of the sealed source capsule’s appearance. (Image: DFES)
Australian emergency services has located the lost sealed source, the BBC reported early February 1.
The caesium-137 capsule, part of a density gauge used at Rio Tinto’s Gudai-Darri mine in Western Australia, was found after a survey vehicle travelling at 70 km/h (43 mph) detected radiation, according to the report. According to Australia’s Department of Fire and Emergency Services, the capsule was located on the roadside of the Great Northern Highway, south of Newman. A serial number verified it was the lost source.
Last week, as reported yesterday by Nuclear Newswire, Australian authorities began searching 1,400 kilometers (870 miles) of Australia’s Great Northern Highway, between Perth and the remote town of Newman, for a lost sealed-source capsule containing cesium-137. The source was part of a density gauge used by mining company Rio Tinto at its mining operations in Western Australia.
Technical Session
Monday, May 16, 2022|3:30–5:15PM EDT|Ellwood
Session Chair:
Charles A. Wemple
Alternate Chair:
Kurt A. Dominesey
Session Organizer:
Akio Yamamoto
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Linear Source Method of Characteristics in HELIOS2
Charles A. Wemple (Studsvik Scandpower), Rodolfo M. Ferrer (Studsvik Scandpower)
Summary
Performance Enhancement of Planar MOC Calculation in Hexagonal Geometries by Assembly-Wise Domain Decomposition
Seongchan Kim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Han Gyu Joo (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
Neutron Diffusion Calculation in Heterogeneous Geometry Based on Local/Global Iteration Using Proper Orthogonal Decomposition
Masato Ito (Nagoya Univ.), Tomohiro Endo (Nagoya Univ.), Akio Yamamoto (Nagoya Univ.), Yoshitada Masaoka (Nuclear Fuel Industries), Yasuhiro Kodama (Nuclear Fuel Industries), Hiroaki Nagano (Nuclear Fuel Industries)
Presentation Video — Neutron Diffusion Calculation in Heterogeneous Geometry Based on Local/Global Iteration Using Proper Orthogonal Decomposition
Reduced-Order Modeling of Neutron Transport Separated in Energy by Minimax Proper Generalized Decomposition
Kurt Dominesey (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Wei Ji (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
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