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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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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Countering the nuclear workforce shortage narrative
James Chamberlain, director of the Nuclear, Utilities, and Energy Sector at Rullion, has declared that the nuclear industry will not have workforce challenges going forward. “It’s time to challenge the scarcity narrative,” he wrote in a recent online article. “Nuclear isn't short of talent; it’s short of imagination in how it attracts, trains, and supports the workforce of the future.”
Seong-Youn Kim, Raphael Aronson
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 73 | Number 1 | January 1980 | Pages 56-65
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE80-A18708
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The transfer matrix method is used to solve the Milne problem for a half space for neutrons interacting with a moderator at temperature T. Two different scattering models are considered. They are (a) the free monatomic gas of arbitrary molecular mass with constant cross sections in the center-of-mass system, and (b) the Nelkin kernel for water. Both models permit an additional 1/v absorption cross section. We have obtained accurate numerical values for the diffusion length, the extrapolated end point, the critical absorption strength, and the boundary heating for a variety of values of the parameters. Comparison is made both with other calculations and with experiments.