Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) 1977–1987

The eleventh Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS 11) Conference took place in September 2008, the Thirtieth Anniversary of the first Conference. That occurred in 1978 after discoveries with nuclear physics accelerators in 1977. Since the first Conference there have now been ten further conferences on the development and applications of what has become known as AMS. This is the accepted acronym for the use of accelerators, together with nuclear and atomic physics techniques, to enhance the performance of mass spectrometers for the detection and measurement of rare long-lived radioactive elements such as radiocarbon. This paper gives an outline of the events that led to the first conference together with a brief account of the first four conferences before the introduction of the second generation of accelerator mass spectrometers at AMS 5.     

Recent Trend in Fusion Materials Research

The Fourth International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials was held in Kyoto in December, 1989. Some of the statistic figures are shown to illustrate the overall activity of the world fusion materials community. Several topics presented in plenary sessions and poster sessions are highlighted. One of the specific features of this Conference is that the third and fourth days are entirely devoted to six discussion sessions. Some of the important outcomes from this first trial are presented.     

Status of structural and mechanical engineering research at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Research conducted by the NRC Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research related to structural mechanics for reactor technology is reported in this paper. This research concerns applications to mechanical and structural systems in light water reactors and includes materials engineering. Progress between the Sixth International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, held in Paris in 1981, and the 1983 Seventh Conference in Chicago is discussed. A listing of research projects recently completed and the status of research presently under way are included.     

Reinforced concrete containment wall elements — development of strain and failure in tested specimens

Research conducted by the NRC Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research in structural mechanics for reactor technology is reported in this paper. This research concerns applications to mechanical and structural systems and includes materials engineering related to light-water reactor nuclear power plants. The period between the Fifth International Conference on Structural Mechanics for Reactor Technology, held in Berlin in 1979, and the 1981 Sixth Conference in Paris is discussed. A listing of research projects recently completed and the status of research presently under way are included.     

Introduction: The nuclear revolution

Research conducted by the NRC Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research in structural mechanics for reactor technology is reported in this paper. This research concerns applications to mechanical and structural systems and includes materials engineering related to light-water reactor nuclear power plants. The period between the Fifth International Conference on Structural Mechanics for Reactor Technology, held in Berlin in 1979, and the 1981 Sixth Conference in Paris is discussed. A listing of research projects recently completed and the status of research presently under way are included.     

Ultracold-neutron microscopy

Journal variant of a report at the 1st International Conference on Neutron Physics, Kiev, September 14–18, 1987.     

Structural and mechanical engineering research of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Research conducted by NRC Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research in Structural Mechanics for Reactor Technology is reported in this paper. The reported research primarily concerns applications to Civil Structures, Mechanical Systems and Components related to Light Water Reactor Nuclear Power Plants. It concerns the period between the Fourth International Conference in Structural Mechanics for Reactor Technology, held in San Francisco in 1977, and the 1979 Fifth Conference in Berlin. It includes research completed to date; status of research now under way, and future research programs.     

Features of the solutions of radiation problems in the new generation of proton accelerators

Journal version of the report to the 5th All-Union Scientific Conference on Shielding Installations from Ionizing Radiation [in Russian], (Protvino, Institute of High-Energy Physics, September, 1989).     

Concept of decommissioning nuclear plants in the USSR and the COMECON Member-Nations

Journal version of the report to the 5th All-Union Scientific Conference on Shielding Installations from Ionizing Radiation [in Russian], (Protvino, Institute of High-Energy Physics, September, 1989).     

Research into controlled thermonuclear reactions in the USSR

This report considers the general problems which arise in connection with attempts to realize a controlled thermonuclear reaction and gives a brief survey of the theoretical and experimental work of Soviet scientists in this field.The translation reproduced here is that provided by the USSR to the Second United Nations International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy — Publisher.     

Looking to the future – a UK industry perspective

Abstract

The theme of the 10th PATRAM Conference has been ‘looking to the future’. This contribution aims to give a UK perspective on future issues and challenges. In doing so, I will give a short summary of UK transport experience before going on to discuss the future and in particular the challenges and opportunities facing the UK radioactive transport industry.     

MRS2003年会及瑞典sp地下实验室概况

本文简述了第27届核废物管理科学基础研讨会的概况及讨论的科学内容,并对所参观的瑞典Aspo地下实验室的研究进展和研究的内容作一介绍。     

1980 National Symposium on Atomic Energy,Tokyo, Japan

Reviewed is the as-titled conference, held in October 23 to 28, 1989, in Kyoto, Japan, sponsored by American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, and Atomic Energy Society of Japan, with other co-sponsoring societies. In the Conference, all the aspects of radioactive waste management were discussed, including policies and general strategies for waste management, solidification and incineration of low-, and intermediate-level wastes (LLW and ILW), shallow-land burial disposal of LLW/ILW and its safety assessment, decommissioning, storage and transportation of spent fuels, vitrification of high-level wastes (HLW), deep geologic disposal of HLW and its safety assessment by natural analogs, and partitioning and transmutation. The significance of the Conference is found in that the informations of Japan's waste management activities, which do not always reach audience in other part of the world, were conveyed in detail in the Conference. More papers were presented for LLW/ILW than for HLW, which might reflect the fact that there are still more activities for LLW/ILW than for HLW in Japan.     

High-energy physics

We give here a brief summary of the material presented at the Eighth International Conference on High-Energy Physics. At this conference there were discussions of the results of studies of the interactions of mesons, nucleons, and strange particles at high energies, and of the weak interactions between particles. There was emphasis on the advances achieved in the study of the weak interactions.     

Fuel elements of nuclear reactors

On the basis of foreign reports presented at the Second International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, Geneva, 1958, the characteristics of construction of fuel elements (FE) and basic data relating to them for a series of reactors are given. Problems on the selection of fuel and construction materials as well as the technology of preparing FE for various types of nuclear reactor are examined.     

On the number of neutrons emitted by Pu239 on fission by thermal and superthermal neutrons

The average number of neutrons emitted on fission of Pu²³⁹ by thermal and superthermal neutrons (E_w from 0.15 to 0.5 ev) is measured.The results of this work were presented for discussions at the Geneva Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy in August, 1955.     

Great Expectations for the Russian–American Collaboration in Nuclear Technology

The present report was commissioned by the IAEA and presented at the International Conference on Innovative Technologies for Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Nuclear Reactors (Vienna, Austria, June 23–26, 2003).