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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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Argonne’s METL gears up to test more sodium fast reactor components
Argonne National Laboratory has successfully swapped out an aging cold trap in the sodium test loop called METL (Mechanisms Engineering Test Loop), the Department of Energy announced April 23. The upgrade is the first of its kind in the United States in more than 30 years, according to the DOE, and will help test components and operations for the sodium-cooled fast reactors being developed now.
K. H. Böckhoff, A. D. Carlson, O. A. Wasson, J. A. Harvey, D. C. Larson
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 106 | Number 2 | October 1990 | Pages 192-207
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE90-A27470
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Continuing improvements in electron linear accelerators, and associated targets, detectors, and data acquisition systems, make facilities based on these neutron sources very productive in meeting nuclear data needs for fusion energy development. The operation of an electron linear accelerator is briefly outlined, and specific information about neutron-producing targets, available detector systems, and data acquisition capabilities for several of the most productive facilities is given. Data needs are reviewed in terms of reactions important to the fusion energy program, and several examples are given of data acquired at these facilities for these reactions. Much of the experimental data upon which nuclear data evaluations are based are measured at electron linacs, and they continue to be a valuable source of nuclear data for fusion reactor design.