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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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DOE extends Centrus’s HALEU production contract by one year
Centrus Energy has announced that it has secured a contract extension from the Department of Energy to continue—for one year—its ongoing high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) production at the American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio, at an annual rate of 900 kilograms of HALEU UF6. According to Centrus, the extension is valued at about $110 million through June 30, 2026.
H. N. Erten, A. Grütter, E. Rössler, H. R. von Gunten
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 79 | Number 2 | October 1981 | Pages 167-174
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A27405
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The mass distribution in the reactor-neutron-induced fission of 232Th has been studied using radiochemical techniques and direct gamma-ray measurements. Absolute fission yields of the standard nuclides 99Mo and 132Te were obtained from 232Th sources irradiated in a fission counter. The yields of 36 mass chains, including three that have been measured for the first time, were determined both from measurements relative to 235U(nth,f) yields and from 232Th data alone. The peak-to-valley ratio of the mass-yield curve is found to be ∼100. The light and heavy mass peaks are centered at masses 91 and 140, respectively. The results suggest the presence of a small third peak in the valley of the mass distribution. “Best” yield values are proposed taking into account our values and those from recent compilations.