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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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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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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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Technical Session
Tuesday, July 23, 2024|3:15–5:05PM CDT|Assembly
Session Chair:
Lauren M. Garrison (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)
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Compatibility of Reduced Activation Ferritic Martensitic (RAFM) Steels in Commercial Static Lithium
3:15–3:40PM CDT
M. Romedenne (ORNL), C. De. Lamater-Brotherton (ORNL), M. Lance (ORNL), Y-F. Su (ORNL), B.A. Pint (ORNL)
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Advancing Tritium Barrier Coatings: Insights into Erbium Oxide Deposition Techniques
3:40–4:05PM CDT
K.P. Ralston (Univ. Sheffield), A.S. Gandy (UKAEA), G. Tucker (AtkinsRéalis), T. Sellers (AtkinsRéalis), N.A. Morley (Univ. Sheffield)
Evaluation of the Compatibility of Al-Rich Coated RAFM Steels with Eutectic PbLi
4:05–4:25PM CDT
C. De Lamater-Brotherton (ORNL), M. Romedenne (ORNL), Beth Armstrong (ORNL), Y. Zhang (Tennessee Technological Univ.), B.A. Pint (ORNL)
Fission-Fusion Synergies to Accelerate Compatibility Understanding
4:25–4:45PM CDT
B.A. Pint (ORNL), M. Romedenne (ORNL), R. Pillai (ORNL)
Chemical Polishing, Chemical-Mechanical Polishing, and HIPing of Additive Manufactured RF Component Surfaces
4:45–5:05PM CDT
Andrew Seltzman (MIT), Stephen Wukitch (MIT)
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