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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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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
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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.
C. Coceva, P. Giacobbe, M. Magnani
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 91 | Number 2 | October 1985 | Pages 209-219
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE85-A27442
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The analysis of two 91Zr neutron transmission experiments performed some years ago at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Geel electron Linacs showed systematic discrepancy in the resonance neutron width estimation. The two sets of data are comprehensively reanalyzed by a shape least-squares method that builds up a single system of normal equations. An accurate resolution function description was obtained by Monte Carlo calculation of the moderation and detection contributions. The two experiments are found to be in complete agreement and a single set of resonance neutron widths is obtained.
