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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.
T. A. Gabriel, J. D. Amburgey, N. M. Greene
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 61 | Number 1 | September 1976 | Pages 21-32
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE76-A28457
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A data base of primary knock-on atom spectra and an analysis program have been created to assist experimentalists in studying, evaluating, and correlating radiation-damage effects in different neutron environments. Since experimentally obtained typical controlled thermonuclear reactor (CTR) neutron spectra are not presently available, the data base can be extremely useful in relating currently obtainable radiation damage to that anticipated in future fusion devices. However, the usefulness of the data base is not restricted to only CTR needs. Most of the elements of interest to the radiation-damage community and all neutron reactions of any significance for these elements have been processed, using available ENDF/B-IV cross-section data, and are included in the data base. Calculated data such as primary knock-on atom spectra, displacement rates, and gas production rates, obtained with the data base, for different radiation environments are presented and compared with previous calculations.