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Accelerator Applications
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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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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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.
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Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 25 | Number 4 | August 1966 | Pages 319-327
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE66-A18551
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It has been shown that the aluminum alloy 6061 in the fully annealed, cold-worked, and age-hardened conditions undergoes very small changes in the tensile properties as a result of neutron irradiation to doses on the order of 1019 fast n/cm2( > 2.9 MeV) and 1020 thermal n/cm2. At irradiation temperatures above 115°C, no changes in properties are observed. The small property changes observed when the material is irradiated at 43°C are mostly annealed out after ½ at 200°C. These changes are rationalized in terms of the precipitate particles present in the alloy and the mobility of the irradiation-induced defects.
