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Division Spotlight
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.
Meeting Spotlight
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
Standards Program
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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Argonne’s METL gears up to test more sodium fast reactor components
Argonne National Laboratory has successfully swapped out an aging cold trap in the sodium test loop called METL (Mechanisms Engineering Test Loop), the Department of Energy announced April 23. The upgrade is the first of its kind in the United States in more than 30 years, according to the DOE, and will help test components and operations for the sodium-cooled fast reactors being developed now.
International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2022 Speaker
Dr. Sharlissa Moore is an environmental justice advisor who works with the environmental justice and stakeholder engagement team in the risk and environmental assessment group in the earth systems science division at PNNL. She is the work package manager for PNNL’s Social Science and Environmental Justice consent-based siting work package. She joined PNNL in January 2022 after being an associate professor at Michigan State University in international energy policy between the public policy and engineering colleges. Her research focuses on energy justice, public perceptions, and social dynamics related to energy transitions. Her previous research projects included stakeholder conflict over renewable energy siting, the feasibility of solar pollinator habitat and agrivoltaics, deployment of behind-the-meter, solar power, transnational grid integration, public perceptions of Generation IV nuclear power, and factors affecting consumer adoption of residential battery storage. Additionally, she published a 2019 book on Morocco’s renewable energy transition and renewable energy cooperation between North Africa and the European Union. Sharlissa is an interdisciplinary social scientist and holds a PhD and MS in human and social dimensions of science and technology from Arizona State University and a BA in astronomy from Smith College.
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