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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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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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WIPP’s SSCVS: A breath of fresh air
This spring, the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management announced that it had achieved a major milestone by completing commissioning of the Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System (SSCVS) facility—a new, state-of-the-art, large-scale ventilation system at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, the DOE’s geologic repository for defense-related transuranic (TRU) waste in New Mexico.
A. D. Carlson, R. J. Cerbone
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 42 | Number 1 | October 1970 | Pages 28-40
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE70-A19324
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The total neutron cross sections of nitrogen and iron have been measured with high resolution (0.035 nsec/m) in the neutron energy range from 0.5 to 9.0 MeV. The nitrogen measurements have provided evidence that a recently reported discrepancy in the total nonelastic cross section is not a result of errors in the total neutron cross section. The iron cross section obtained was found to be in best agreement with the recent Karlsruhe data with respect to the positions and presence of structure; however, the present measurements have revealed cross sections in the valleys which are lower. Comparisons are made of the present measurements on nitrogen and iron with previous measurements.
