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Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness is accepting nominations for its Fred C. Davison Distinguished Scientist Award and its Nuclear Service Award. Nominations for both awards must be submitted by August 1.
The awards will be presented this fall as part of the CNTA’s annual Edward Teller Lecture event.
14th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators
Technical Session
Thursday, December 2, 2021|10:00–11:45AM EST |Lincoln East
Session Chair:
Philip L. Cole (Lamar Univ.)
Session Organizer:
Charlie A. Cooper
Student Assistant:
Mark Johnson
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High Power Superconducting Electron Linear Accelerators for Industrial Applications
10:05–10:25AM EST
Jayakar Thangaraj (Fermi Nat'l Accelerator Laboratory)
Paper
Material Effects in Polymer Medical Products from E-beam and X-ray Sterilization
10:25–10:45AM EST
Min Huang (TAMU), Md K. Hasan (TAMU), Matt Pharr (TAMU), Suresh D. Pillai (TAMU), David Staack (TAMU)
Functionality and Mechanical Testing of BD and Stryker Products Irradiated with Cobalt-60, E-beam, and X-Ray
10:45–11:05AM EST
Leo S. Fifield (PNNL), Matt Pharr (TAMU), David Staack (TAMU), Tucker Bisel (PNNL), James A. McCoy (Becton, Dickinson and Company), Rod Parker (Stryker Instruments), Suresh D. Pillai (TAMU), Larry Nichols (Steri-Tek), Mark K. Murphy (PNNL)
Excellence Center For Radiation Processing An Irradiation Platform for International Collaborative Research
11:05–11:25AM EST
Florent Kuntz (Aerial), Nicolas Ludwig (Aerial), Abbas Nasreddine (Aerial), Alain Strasser (Aerial)
REX, an Emerging Facilty Within the Italian ASIF Program
11:25–11:45AM EST
Monia Vadrucci (ENEA), Alessia Cemmi (FSN-FISS-SNI), Ilaria D. Sarcina (FSN-FISS-SNI), Fabio Panza (FSN-FISS-SNI)
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