idaho Accelerator Center Advanced Fuel Cycle Research
The technical effort has been in two parts called; Materials Science and Instrumentation Development. The Materials Science technical program has been based on a series of research and development achievements in Positron-Annihilation Spectroscopy (PAS) for defect detection in structural materials. This work is of particular importance in nuclear power and its supporting systems as the work included detection of defects introduced by mechanical and thermal phenomena as well as those caused by irradiation damage. The second part of the program has focused on instrumentation development using active interrogation techniques supporting proliferation resistant recycling methodologies and nuclear material safeguards. This effort has also lead to basic physics studies of various phenomena relating to photo-fission. Highlights of accomplishments and facility improvement legacies in these areas over the program period include
- Research Organization:
- Idaho State Univ., Pocatello, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC07-06ID14780
- OSTI ID:
- 1038143
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ID/14780
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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