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The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.
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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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Jeffrey King guides new nuclear program at Tennessee Tech
Jeffrey King
In August, the College of Engineering at Tennessee Technological University welcomed ANS member Jeffrey C. King as the founding director of its new nuclear engineering program. King, a leading force within the American Nuclear Society and a space enthusiast, is tasked with developing a new Department of Nuclear Engineering at Tennessee Tech after a more than 20-year absence of such a program at the university.
King comes to Tennessee Tech from the Colorado School of Mines, where he had been a professor of metallurgical and materials engineering for 15 years, leading the development of the nuclear science and engineering program and serving as director of the Nuclear Science and Engineering Research Center.
X. B. Zheng, M. Matsuyama, Y. R. Niu, Yi Zeng, H. Ji, L. P. Huang
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 62 | Number 1 | July-August 2012 | Pages 46-49
Hydrogen/Tritium Behavior | Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials, Part A: Fusion Technology | doi.org/10.13182/FST12-A14110
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Tungsten (W) and boron carbide (B4C) coatings deposited on metallic substrates have received considerable attention in recent years because of their potential application in nuclear fusion devices, especially as plasma facing materials (PFMs). In the present study, W and B4C coatings have been deposited by vacuum plasma spraying technology. The tritium retention behaviors of the W and B4C coatings were investigated and comparatively studied by using -ray-induced X-ray spectrometry (BIXS). The effects of tritium exposure temperature were examined as well. The obtained results showed that much stronger X-ray peaks of Ar(K) appeared in the BIXS spectra for the B4C coatings as compared with those for the W coatings, indicating of higher tritium absorbability for the B4C coatings owing to large amount of micro-pores in the coatings. After exposed to tritium gas at 923 K, significantly enhanced tritium retentions were detected for both the W and B4C coatings as compared with those exposed at 573 K.
