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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.
Harvey J. Amster, Wilson K. Talley
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 20 | Number 1 | September 1964 | Pages 53-59
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE64-A19274
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When describing neutrons interacting with homogeneous media, Monte Carlo can generate a sequence of energies and flight directions without locating the positions of the collisions that produced them. If the spatial distribution of one of these collisions is then described analytically, unbiased direct samples of the neutron density can conveniently be obtained at specified positions and energies and at discretely sampled angles. Previous applications for plane sources in infinite media with real cross sections are here generalized for plane sources in slabs and point sources within infinite half spaces. A modified treatment for heterogeneous media is also formulated. These extensions to other geometries can provide not only additional calculational standards, but also theoretical results that could disagree with experimental facts only because of the assumed nuclear data.