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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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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Smarter waste strategies: Helping deliver on the promise of advanced nuclear
At COP28, held in Dubai in 2023, a clear consensus emerged: Nuclear energy must be a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. With electricity demand projected to soar as we decarbonize not just power but also industry, transport, and heat, the case for new nuclear is compelling. More than 20 countries committed to tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. In the United States alone, the Department of Energy forecasts that the country’s current nuclear capacity could more than triple, adding 200 GW of new nuclear to the existing 95 GW by mid-century.
Technical Session|Radiation Detection and Imaging
Friday, April 4, 2025|2:40–4:00PM MDT|Santa Ana AB
Session Chair:
Alexandria S. Ragsdale
Alternate Chair:
Sydney A. Dowben
Session Organizer:
Ashley Machado
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Novel gamma radiation detectors based on PLA biopolymer detector (PLAD) sensor technologies.
2:40–3:00PM MDT
Qi Heng Law (Purdue Univ.), Stepan Ozerov (Purdue Univ.), Rusi Taleyarkhan (Purdue Univ.), Elizabeth Dunlevy (Purdue Univ.)
Paper
Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP6) Transport Model Simulations of a Silicon-Surface Barrier Detector for Predictions of 232U Activity Concentration
3:00–3:20PM MDT
Gil B. Rubia (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Mahmoud Khatab (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Automated Liquid Nitrogen Cooling for HPGe/Clover Detector Array
3:20–3:40PM MDT
Parker M. Chute (Oregon State), Alex Spurling (Oregon State), Alexander T. Chemey (Oregon State)
SCRAM: Scatterable Radiation Monitoring - Photodiode Diode Detectors
3:40–4:00PM MDT
Brandon A. Spence (U.S. Military Academy), Kimberly Munro (U.S. Military Academy), David Polaski (U.S. Military Academy), Amar Rodgers (U.S. Military Academy), Lucas Tucker (U.S. Military Academy)
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