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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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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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DTE Energy studying uprate at Fermi-2, considers Fermi-3’s prospects
DTE Energy, the owner of Fermi nuclear power plant in Michigan, is considering an extended uprate for Unit 2 that would increase its 1,100-MW generation capacity by 150 MW.
C. D. Zerby and F. L. Keller
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 27 | Number 2 | February 1967 | Pages 190-218
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE67-A18261
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A review of the state-of-the-art of electron transport theory and calculations for electrons in the energy range below 10 MeV is presented. The basic interactions that influence the behavior of electrons are reviewed and theory and experimental results are compared wherever possible. The continuous slowing down model, the straggling model, and multiple scattering models are discussed and their use in thick-target moments method and Monte Carlo calculations is described. Results of the thick-target calculations are also compared with experimental results. Included in the review is a detailed description of the various complex-geometry electron transport programs presently being used.