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Argonne: Where AI research meets education and training
Last September, in the Chicago suburb of Lemont, Ill., Argonne National Laboratory hosted its first AI STEM Education Summit. More than 180 educators from high schools, community colleges, and universities; STEM administrators; and experts in various disciplines convened at “One Ecosystem, Many Pathways–Building an AI-Ready STEM Workforce” to discuss how artificial intelligence is reshaping STEM-related industries, including the implications for the nuclear engineering classroom and workforce.
L. R. Greenwood, R. R. Heinrich, R. J. Kennerley, R. Medrzychowski+
Nuclear Technology | Volume 41 | Number 1 | November 1978 | Pages 109-128
Technical Paper | Technique | doi.org/10.13182/NT78-A32137
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Integral tests have been made for 27 nuclear activation cross sections required for neutron dosimetry at accelerator-based irradiation facilities. Thirteen materials were irradiated in a well-defined geometry using neutrons produced by stopping 14- to 16-MeV deuterons in a thick beryllium target. The neutron spectrum was measured by time-of-flight spectrometry. Comparison of the activation integrals with the differential neutron spectrum provided an assessment of the nuclear data. A small fission chamber was used to monitor the irradiation, map flux gradients, and study attenuation and scattering effects. Comparison of the fission rates to fission product activations in the foil materials was also used to measure cumulative fission yields for 235U and 238U.