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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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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
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ANS designates Armour Research Foundation Reactor as Nuclear Historic Landmark
The American Nuclear Society presented the Illinois Institute of Technology with a plaque last week to officially designate the Armour Research Foundation Reactor a Nuclear Historic Landmark, following the Society’s decision to confer the status onto the reactor in September 2024.
G. G. Gaul, W. L. Pearl
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 17 | Number 1 | September 1963 | Pages 30-41
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE63-A17207
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Type 304 stainless steel cladding material has been corrosion tested under heat transfer conditions at metal temperatures up to 1300°F in specially constructed out-of-pile superheat facilities. The hydrogen and oxygen contents of the steam have been controlled to simulate that found in boiling water reactor type systems. Good corrosion resistance and low metal release to system up to metal temperatures of 1100°F were experienced with an expected pattern of an initially high corrosion rate that decreased to a lower constant rate with time up to 4500 hr. A compositionally disturbed layer developed adjacent to the scale in the 1100°F to 1300°F metal temperature range on the heat transfer specimens. The layer continued to grow with time but had little effect on the corrosion rate within the 2500 hours of testing.