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Isotopes & Radiation
Members are devoted to applying nuclear science and engineering technologies involving isotopes, radiation applications, and associated equipment in scientific research, development, and industrial processes. Their interests lie primarily in education, industrial uses, biology, medicine, and health physics. Division committees include Analytical Applications of Isotopes and Radiation, Biology and Medicine, Radiation Applications, Radiation Sources and Detection, and Thermal Power Sources.
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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Digital control system installed at China’s Linglong One
Earlier this month, the first digital control system was put in place at Linglong One, a small modular reactor demonstration project being built at the Changjiang nuclear power plant in Hainan Province. This is the world’s first land-based commercial SMR and is controlled by China National Nuclear Power Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC).
14th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators
Technical Session
Thursday, December 2, 2021|3:05–4:50PM EST |Lincoln West
Session Chair:
Philip L. Cole (Lamar Univ.)
Alternate Chair:
Lin Shao
Session Organizer:
Suresh D. Pillai
Student Assistant:
Vincent Dallura
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Motivation and Development of a Compact Superconducting Accelerator for X-ray Medical Device Sterilization
3:10–3:30PM EST
Thomas K. Kroc (Fermi Nat'l Accelerator Laboratory)
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Recent Progress at the Phoenix Neutron Imaging Center
3:30–3:50PM EST
Mason Yu (SHINE Medical Technologies), Eli Moll (SHINE Medical Technologies), Ross F. Radel (Phoenix LLC)
Development of Direct Activation Tracer Particles for Positron Emission Particle Tracking (PEPT)
3:50–4:10PM EST
T. W. Leadbeater (Univ. Cape Town), A. Buffler (Univ. Cape Town), K. Cole (Univ. Cape Town), M. R. van Heerden (Univ. Cape Town), J. Reich (Univ. Cape Town), A. Camroodien (Univ. Cape Town), D. Steyn (iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences)
Electron-irradiation-induced Color Centers in Silicon Carbide
4:10–4:30PM EST
Emilio Nanni (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University), P. K. Vasireddy (Stanford Univ.), M. Nasr (Stanford Univ.), D. Lukin (Stanford Univ.), M. Guidry (Stanford Univ.), J. Vuckovic (Stanford Univ.)
Industrial Treatment of Sludge from Drinking Water Plants: Comparison of the use of Accelerators and Gamma Rays for Acrylamide Reduction and Fertilizer Production
4:30–4:50PM EST
Ivica Vujcic (Vinca Institite of Nuclear Sciences), Slobodan Masic (Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences), Nikolina Nikolić (Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences)
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