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Nuclear Criticality Safety
NCSD provides communication among nuclear criticality safety professionals through the development of standards, the evolution of training methods and materials, the presentation of technical data and procedures, and the creation of specialty publications. In these ways, the division furthers the exchange of technical information on nuclear criticality safety with the ultimate goal of promoting the safe handling of fissionable materials outside reactors.
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2021 Student Conference
April 8–10, 2021
North Carolina State University|Raleigh Marriott City Center
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White paper shines light on significance of irradiation
With input from the American Nuclear Society and other organizations, the International Irradiation Association has published a white paper summarizing all of the significant uses of radiation processing and the global economic, social, and environmental benefits that arise from the technologies. The nontechnical document, Uses and Applications of Radiation Processing, is aimed at people and organizations that are not familiar with radiation processing, highlighting how irradiation is routinely used in an array of diverse and beneficial applications.
“Though largely unknown by the public, radiation processing, or ‘irradiation,’ touches everyone’s life,” states the paper, which was released on November 24.
The 11-page white paper goes on to summarize the applications of radiation processing, including medical sterilization, food irradiation, wastewater treatment, and other uses. An overview of the different technologies used to irradiate materials, including gamma, electron beam, and X-ray sources, is also provided.
1st: Innocent Tsorxe, 'Measurements of Short-lived Photofission Products Using a Rapid Transfer System’, North Carolina State University
2nd (Tie):Ibrahim Jarra, 'Nodal Integral Methods in 2D Curvilnear Coordinates - Applied to the Time-Dependent Convection-Diffusion Equation’, University of Illinois
2nd (Tie): Forrest Shriver, 'Computational Performance of Deep Learning Models for Predicting Reactor Parameters’, University of Florida
1st: Ryan P McGuire, 'Using Additive Manufacturing to Investigate State-of-the-Art Instrumentation in Advanced Reactor Thermal Hydraulic Experiments’, Virginia Commonwealth University
2nd: Broderick Sieh, 'Ultrasonic Doppler Velocimetry for Flow Field Measurements in a Vertical Water Channel’, Kansas State University
3rd: Lucas Wodrich, 'RELAP5 Model of Two-phase Natural Circulation with Seawater Coolant’, Kansas State University
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