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Fusion Energy
This division promotes the development and timely introduction of fusion energy as a sustainable energy source with favorable economic, environmental, and safety attributes. The division cooperates with other organizations on common issues of multidisciplinary fusion science and technology, conducts professional meetings, and disseminates technical information in support of these goals. Members focus on the assessment and resolution of critical developmental issues for practical fusion energy applications.
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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.
Donald G. Schweitzer and Robert M. Singer
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 19 | Number 4 | August 1964 | Pages 385-389
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE64-A18992
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Analyses of property changes during reirradiations and anneals show that the technique of alternate reirradiations and anneals can be used consistently to remove radiation damage from graphite. Laboratory experiments, monitoring studies and reactor-height measurements all correlate favorably. It is shown that the recovery for a reirradiation and annealing cycle is independent of irradiation temperature between 30 C and 200 C and total damage over wide ranges. The reciprocal of the recovery per cycle is a linear function of the exposure between anneals with a slope that is determined by the anneal temperature.
