Oct 14, 2003 ... The NSRL will take advantage of the high-energy particle accelerators at Brookhaven National Laboratory, a DOE facility established in 1947. ...
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The meeting was prompted by recent problems with isotope availability from DOE accelerator facilities; these difficulties have resulted from conflicting priorities between physics experiments and isotope production activities. The workshop was a forum in ...
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SciDAC has had a major impact on computational beam dynamics and the design of particle accelerators. Particle accelerators -- which account for half of the facilities in the DOE Office of Science Facilities for the Future of Science 20 Year Outlook -- ar...
In November 1992, a working group was formed within the U.S. Department of Energy`s (DOE`s) accelerator facilities to develop a generic safety training program to meet the basic requirements for individuals working in accelerator facilities. This training, by necessity, includes sections for ...
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Seismic analysis of US Department of Energy (DOE) facilities at Oak Ridge, TN, requires seismic accelerograms that have response spectra that are compatible with the site-specific design response spectra. The development of these accelerograms is accompli...
The workshop was called to assess the performance of neutron dosimetry per the responses from ten DOE accelerator facilities to an Office of Energy Research questionnaire regarding implementation of a personnel dosimetry requirement in DRAFT DOE 5480.ACC, Safety of Accelerator ...
The workshop was called to assess the performance of neutron dosimetry per the responses from ten DOE accelerator facilities to an Office of Energy Research questionnaire regarding implementation of a personnel dosimetry requirement in DRAFT DOE 5480.ACC, ``Safety of Accelerator ...
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like CERN's Large Hadron Collider. But accelerators are found everywhere, from factories and hospitals to basic research labs and national security facilities. DOE's Office...
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Brookhaven National Laboratory's (BNL's) Accelerator Test Facility (ATF) is a user facility for accelerator- and beam- physics. Researchers from national and foreign universities, the DOE's national laboratories, and small businesses can carry out their experiments here, thereby relieving their ...
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The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) is a high energy physics research facility. Its purpose is to explore the basic composition of matter. Fermilab does not produce a product nor does it produce electrical power. Funded by the Department ...
The ultimate accelerator for use in atomic physics experiments is one which gives the experimenter free choice of the element to be accelerated, as well as the ability to specify the desired charge state and velocity. Such an accelerator does not as yet exist, but much progress has been made in the past ten years, ...
Variable Energy Cyclotron (VEC) located at Bidhan Nagar, Calcutta is being used for accelerating charged particles and does not contribute to any radioactive releases to the environment. However, it being a nuclear facility, the area surrounding the facil...
The US Department of Energy (DOE) is involved in the remediation of environmental contamination at many of its facilities under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). RCRA`s corrective action provisions were established by the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (HSWA). In response to the HSWA mandate, EPA established a program for the ...
Particle accelerators are among the most complex and versatile instruments of scientific exploration. They have enabled remarkable scientific discoveries and important technological advances that span all programs within the DOE Office of Science (DOE/SC). The importance of accelerators to the ...
This article is a review of the agreement between DOE/Hanford site contractors and state and federal regulators to slice $1B from the cleanup budget over the next three years. DOE has unveiled a cost-cutting blueprint for the facility. It was also noted that DOE will accelerate the rebid of the ...
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The following working groups were formed under the direction of a radiological training coordinator: managers, supervisors, DOE auditors, ALARA engineers/schedulers/planners, radiological control personnel, radiation-generating device operators, emergency responders, visitors, Pu facilities, U facilities, tritium ...
- and High-hazard Nonnuclear Facilities Nonnuclear, Accelerator, and Nuclear Activities." Completion Guide for U.S. DOE Nonreactor Nuclear Facility Safety Analysis Reports," as applicable to hazards analysis at non-reactor nuclear facilities. Examples of methods useful for initial hazards ...
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Among DOE's goals for inertial confinement fusion is support of construction of a heavy ion facility for demonstration experiments on deuterium tritium (DT) pellets with ion beams of 25 to 100 kJ energy. Three accelerator laboratories (Argonne, Berkeley, and Brookhaven) are actively engaged in accelerator ...
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) is funded by the Office of Science for the United States Department of Energy (DoE) with strong support from the City of Newport News, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the United States Congress. As a user facility for scientists worldwide, its primary ...
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Brookhaven National Laboratory's (BNL's) Accelerator Test Facility (ATF) is a user facility for accelerator- and beam- physics. Researchers from national and foreign universities, the DOE's national laboratories, and small businesses can carry out their experiments ...
The importance of developing higher-brightness electron beam sources forfuture accelerators was emphasized during the DOE-BESAC Subcommittee Meeting on the BES 20-Year Facility Roadmap held in Washington on February 20, 2003 (1). The Subcommittee made a s...
This draft plan describes a ten-year program to develop the scientific understanding needed to harness and develop natural and enhanced biogeochemical processes to bioremediate contaminated soils, sediments, and groundwater at DOE facilities.
A large number of aging US Department of Energy (DOE) surplus facilities located throughout the US require deactivation, decontamination, and decommissioning. Although several technologies are available commercially for concrete decontamination, emerging ...
This letter briefly discusses the history and implications of national laboratory name changes with a focus on accelerator facilities. (AIP) {copyright} {ital 1997 American Institute of Physics}
Bulk vitrification (BV) was selected for a pilot-scale test and demonstration facility for supplemental treatment to accelerate the cleanup of low-activity waste (LAW) at the Hanford U.S. DOE Site. During engineering-scale (ES) tests, a small fraction of ...
Among DOE's goals for inertial confinement fusion is support of construction of a heavy ion facility for demonstration experiments on deuterium tritium (DT) pellets with ion beams of 25 to 100 kJ energy. Three accelerator laboratories (Argonne, Berkeley, ...
This paper describes the elements of the design of the NLC Test Accelerator pertaining to ionizing radiation protection and safety. The NLC Test Accelerator is an accelerator physics research facility at SLAC designed to validate 2.6-cm microwave linear accelerator technology for a future ...
A study of siting considerations for possible future accelerators at Fermilab is underway. Each candidate presents important challenges in environment, safety, and health (ES&H) that are reviewed generically in this paper. Some of these considerations are similar to those that have been encountered and solved during the construction and operation of other ...
This program management guide describes the proper implementation standard for core training as outline in the DOE Radiological Control (RadCon) Manual. Its purpose is to assist DOE employees and Managing and Operating (M&O) contractors having responsibility for implementing the core training recommended by the RadCon Manual.
The Radiological Research Accelerator Facility (RARAF) is based on a 4-MV Van de Graaff accelerator, which is used to generate a variety of well-characterized radiation beams for research in radiobiology, radiological physics, and radiation chemistry. It is part of the Center for Radiological Research (CRR) - formerly the Radiological ...
The Radiological Research Accelerator Facility (RARAF) is based on a 4-MV Van de Graaff accelerator, which is used to generate a variety of well-characterized radiation beams for research in radiobiology, radiological physics, and radiation chemistry. It is part of the Center for Radiological Research (CRR) -- formerly the Radiological ...
SciDAC has had a major impact on computational beam dynamics and the design of particle accelerators. Particle accelerators--which account for half of the facilities in the DOE Office of Science Facilities for the Future of Science 20 Year Outlook--are crucial for US scientific, industrial, and ...
The Accelerator Production of Tritium (APT) project has proposed a strategy to develop the APT authorization basis and safety case based on DOE orders and fundamental requirements for safe operation. The strategy is viable regardless of whether the APT is regulated by DOE or by an external regulatory body. Currently the operation of ...
The U.S. Department of Energy's emphasis on legacy facilities and waste remediation is widely known in the nuclear community. However, this focus has reduced the visibility of several new facilities that are currently being designed for tritium production or plutonium disposition. This paper provides an overview of several new ...
The Department of Energy awarded a privatized contract to Foster Wheeler Environmental Corporation in May 2000 for the design, licensing, construction and operation of a spent nuclear fuel repackaging and storage facility. The Foster Wheeler Environmental Team consists of Foster Wheeler Environmental Corp. (the primary contractor), Alstec, RWE-Nukem, RIO Technical Services, ...
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) is a DOE-supported research facility that carries out experimental and theoretical research in high energy physics and developmental work in new techniques for particle acceleration and experimental instrumentation. The purpose of this manual is to describe SLAC quality ...
In this environmental assessment (EA), the US Department of Energy (DOE) reports the results of an analysis of the potential environmental impacts from a proposed change in operating parameters of the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF), and operation of the Free Electron Laser (FEL) facility ...
DOE Order 420.1, ''Facility Safety'', requires that facilities or sites with hazardous materials be provided with instrumentation or other means to detect and record the occurrences and severity of seismic events. These requirements assure that necessary records are available after an earthquake for ...
This document is a report on our activities in FY03 exploring nuclear safety and hazard analysis issues relevant to the Rare Isotope Accelerator (RIA). It is not clear whether DOE will classify the RIA as an accelerator facility subject to the accelerator-specific safety requirements of ...
The DOE accelerator contractors have been discussing among themselves and with the Department how to improve radiation safety risk management. This activity-how to assure prevention of unplanned high exposures-is separate from normal exposure management, which historically has been quite successful. The ad-hoc Committee on the ...
This Environmental Assessment (EA) analyzes the potential environmental impacts that would be expected to occur if the Department of Energy (DOE) were to construct and operate a small research and development laboratory building at Technical Area (TA) 53 at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, New Mexico. DOE proposes to construct a small ...
... Title : Experimental Evaluation of Track Accelerator ... a full scale accelerator which would ... Subject Categories : TEST FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT AND ...
... conducted on accelerator facilities, involving zero ... of similar exposures on accelerators. ... IMPACT ACCELERATION, EXPERIMENTAL DATA, HIGH ...
This draft plan describes a ten-year program to develop the scientific understanding needed to harness and develop natural and enhanced biogeochemical processes to bioremediate contaminated soils, sediments and groundwater at DOE facilities. The Office of Health and Environmental Research (OHER) developed this program plan, with advice and assistance from ...
... Study of the Requirements for an Acceleration Facility for Bio-Engineering Research and the Feasibility of Establishing Such in the Atlanta Area. ...
... BEAMS, BREMSSTRAHLUNG, GAMMA RAY SPECTROSCOPY, PARTICLE ACCELERATOR COMPONENTS, LINEAR ACCELERATORS. ...
... Descriptors : *LINEAR ACCELERATORS, *ELECTRON ACCELERATORS, AIR FORCE RESEARCH, TEST FACILITIES, ELECTRON BEAMS ...
Through the National Governors' Association (NGA) project ''Critical Issues Related to Radioactive Waste and Materials Disposition Involving DOE Facilities'' NGA brings together Governors' policy advisors, state regulators, and DOE officials to examine critical issues related to the ...
In order to meet US tritium needs to maintain the nuclear weapons deterrent, the Department of Energy (DOE) is pursuing a dual track program to provide a new tritium source. A record of decision is planned for late in 1998 to select either the Accelerator Production of Tritium (APT) or the Commercial Light Water Reactor (CLWR) as the technology for new ...
Accelerator technology has made enormous impact across a wide field of research, industrial, and commercial endeavor and new developments are projected to broaden this technology transfer and open up new applications not previously possible or economically attractive. At the same time, however, the broad multi-agency base of support for the development of ...
At Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) two existing facilities, the Tandem Van de Graaff machines and the AGS have been joined by a beam transfer line, and modified to permit acceleration of light ions (up to sulfur) to energies of 14.6 GeV/amu. Light ions supplied by a pulsed ion source are accelerated by the Tandem to an energy of ...
It is of current interest to examine the costs incurred to date to build Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and to determine what those costs are when stated in FY 1984 constant dollars. The appended tables are in support of this exercise and are based on all costs for Equipment items (reduced by obsolescence) and all Plant Projects which have been appropriated through FY ...
The main goal of the RHIC Retreat is to review last run's performance and prepare for the next. As always though we also discussed the longer term goals and plans for the facility to put the work in perspective and in the right priority. A straw-man plan for the facility was prepared for the DOE that assumes 30 cryoweek and ...
Accelerating site cleanup to reduce facility risks to the workers, the public and the environment during a time of declining federal budgets represents a significant technical and economic challenge to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Operations Offices and their respective contractors. A significant portion of a ...
This article describes recent plans to accelerate the cleanup at the Department of Energy�s (DOE) Hanford site in Washington. The author states that the facility produced 72 tons of plutonium over a period of 50 years, and the site now contains 53 million gallons of high�level radioactive waste, mixed waste, and chemical waste ...
Primary design criterion for this division`s education activities is directly related to meeting the goal of environmental compliance on an accelerated basis and cleanup of the 1989 inventory of inactive sites and facilities by the year 2019. Therefore, the division`s efforts are directed toward stimulating knowledge and capability to achieve the goals ...
In 2002, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) documented a plan for accelerating cleanup of the Hanford Site, located in southeastern Washington State, by at least 35 years (DOE 2002). A key element of the accelerated cleanup plan was a strategic initiative for acceleration of the tank waste ...
The term beta-beam has been coined for the production of a pure beam of electron neutrinos or their antiparticles through the decay of radioactive ions circulating in a storage ring. This concept requires radioactive ions to be accelerated to a Lorentz gamma of 150 for {sup 6}He and 60 for {sup 18}Ne. The neutrino source itself consists of a storage ring for this energy range, ...
Contents: introduction--what is the Superconducting Super Collider, current status of the SSC, evaluating the SSC; the SSC and the public interest--basic science and the public interest, the federal science portfolio, economies of scale in basic science, spinoffs from the SSC; budgetary risks in the SSC project--current DOE cost estimates for the SSC, overview of budgetary ...
Accelerator R&D has played a crucial role in enabling scientific discovery in the past century and will continue to play this role in the years to come. In the U.S., the Office of High Energy Physics of DOE's Office of Science is developing a plan for national accelerator R&D stewardship. Fermilab undertakes ...
The General Electric Neutron Devices Department (GEND) Ion Accelerator Facility first came to being in the Chemistry Laboratory of the Department of Energy (DOE) Pinellas Plant in 1975, with the installation of an Accelerator Inc. Model 200 HP Ion Implanter. The machine was originally used for ion implantation ...
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Oak Ridge Operations Office (DOE-ORO) has prepared this Environmental Assessment (EA) for the lease of facilities and equipment to USEC Inc. (USEC), which would be used in its Gas Centrifuge Research and Development (R&D) Project at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) [hereinafter ...
Promoting the exchange of information related to implementation of the As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) philosophy is a continuing objective for the Department of Energy (DOE). This report, prepared by the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) ALARA Center for the DOE Office of Health, is the second in a series of bibliographies on dose reduction at ...
Upon becoming Secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE), Admiral Watkins first pledged to Congress that he would clean-up'' the nuclear weapons production complexes and then initiated many changes in the way DOE facilities are operated. He generated new orders regarding environments, safety, and health and created ...
This Mitigation Action Plan Annual Report (MAPAR) has been prepared by the US Department of Energy (DOE) as part of implementing the Low Energy Demonstration Accelerator Facility (LEDA) Mitigation Action Plan (MAP). This MAPAR primarily provides a status on specific LEDA facility construction- and ...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA), DOE/EA-1107, analyzing the environmental effects relating to the construction and operation of an office building at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC). SLAC is a national facility operated by Stanford University, California, ...
In 1990 the New Technology Demonstration Program (formerly the Test Bed Demonstration Program) was initiated by the US Department of Energy`s Office (DOE`s) of Federal Energy Management Programs with the purpose of accelerating the introduction of new technologies into the Federal sector. The program has since expanded into a multi-laboratory collaborative ...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has formulated guidelines stating that security risks associated with DOE facilities must be periodically analyzed. DOE initiated a program to provide DOE facilities with the tools necessary to comply with these guidelines. ...
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) has shown its determination to remain at the forefront of accelerator based science through its continued investment in long range accelerator R and D. The laboratory has a broad program in accelerator technology development including projects such as high {Tc} magnets at RHIC, Siberian Snakes at ...
The Advanced Hydrotest Facility (AHF) is a facility under consideration by the Department of Energy (DOE) for conducting explosively-driven hydrodynamic experiments. The major diagnostic tool at AHF will be a radiography accelerator having radiation output capable of penetrating very dense dynamic objects on ...
In order to evaluate the radiation recordkeeping practices at DOE facilities, a questionnaire was sent to DOE and DOE contractor facilities which requested information concerning the record keeping systems. The questionnaire was sent to the DOE/DOE contractor ...
This draft report documents the Tiger Team Assessment of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) located in Batavia, Illinois. Fermilab is a program-dedicated national laboratory managed by the Universities Research Association, Inc. (URA) for the US Department of Energy (DOE). The Tiger Team Assessment was conducted from May 11 to June 8, ...
Promoting the exchange of information related to implementation of the As Low as Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) philosophy is a continuing objective for the Department of Energy (DOE). This report was prepared by the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) ALARA Center for the DOE Office of Health. It contains the fifth in a series of bibliographies on dose ...
This investigations of the Savannah River Site's Plutonium Fuel Form fabrication facility located in Building 235-F was initiated in April 1991. The purpose of the investigation was to determine whether, as has been alleged, operation of the facility's argon inert gas system was terminated with the knowledge that continued inoperability ...
(STI). Q: What does the Science Accelerator search? A: The Science Accelerator searches deep Web content of DOE-generated research and DOE-related resources containing pertinent...
of Energy DOE Green Energy A SCIENCE Accelerator Resource Search the DOE Green Energy knowledge base: Search DOE Green Energy is your gateway to green energy results from thousands...
This progress report covers work supported by the above DOE grant over the period November 1, 1991 to July 31, 1992. The work is a program of experimental and theoretical studies in advanced particle accelerator research and development for high energy physics applications. The program features research at particle beam facilities in ...
In one of two options being considered for a new source of tritium, the US Department of Energy (DOE) is planning an Accelerator Production of Tritium (APT) plant that would be built at its Savannah River Site in South Carolina. The project Conceptual Design Report was issued in April, 1997, and formal design of the plant technical and conventional systems ...
The fact sheet summarizes the goals and activities of the DOE Solar Energy Technologies Program efforts within its market acceleration subprogram.
This cost and performance report describes the Accelerated Site Technology Deployment project that developed the Protocol for Development of Authorized Release Limits for Concrete at U.S. DOE Sites, which identifies the steps for obtaining approval to reuse concrete from Deactivation and Decommissioning of facilities. This protocol ...
The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) is a high energy physics research facility. Its purpose is to explore the basic composition of matter. Fermilab does not produce a product nor does it produce electrical power. Funded by the Department of Energy, the main tool for its study is the Tevatron, the ...
the Godfather of the DNFSB's general interest in DOE safety oversight, and specifically the Facility
Universities Research Association (SURA) operates the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility for DOE AND THE GENERALIZED POLARIZABILITIES OF THE NUCLEON H.FONVIEILLE, for the Jefferson Lab Hall A Collaboration, Jefferson Lab and MIT-Bates. This contribution summarizes the results obtained so far and future prospects
Maintenance, repair, and upgrades to the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, a DOE laboratory located in Newport News, VA, USA, is based upon a two-week run cycle followed by a one-shift maintenance period. The rationale for this approach will be presented including a brief look at the maintenance funding, support staff, ...
An important objective in the successful operation of the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) is to ensure protection of the public and the environment. To meet this objective, the Southeastern Universities Research Association, Inc., (SURA) is committed to working with the US Department of Energy (DOE) to develop, ...
The Savannah River Site (SRS) is storing surplus plutonium (Pu) materials in the K-Area Materials Storage (KAMS) facility. The Pu materials are packaged per the DOE 3013 Standard. The nested, welded 300 series stainless steel 3013 containers are transport...
This study examines the management process associated with the negotiation and implementation of environmental compliance agreements at DOE facilities.
Promoting the exchange of information related to implementation of the As Low as Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) philosophy is a continuing objective for the Department of Energy (DOE). This report, prepared by the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) ALARA Center for the DOE Office of Health, contains the third in a series of bibliographies on dose ...
... to investigate ram accelerator phenomena using expansion tube and shock tube facilities. ... to establish modern experimental capabilities for ...
... Experience with these accelerator systems has ... be fabricated readily by university shop facilities. ... TERMINAL BALLISTICS, EXPERIMENTAL DATA. ...
... aspects of an experimental program which is ... twenty-pair electrode accelerator are described. ... Categories : TEST FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT AND ...
Brief history of Japanese accelerator facilities and several topics in recent years are described from low to high energy regions.
The Corrosion Technology Laboratory at Kennedy Space Center has the facilities, equipment, and experience to conduct indoor accelerated laboratory testing. ...
The Continuous Electron Accelerator Facility, CEBAF, located at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, is devoted to the investigation of the electromagnetic structure of mesons, nucleons, and nuclei using high energy, high duty-cycle electro...
Early operation of the 50 MeV high brightness electron linac of the Accelerator Test Facility is described along with experimental data. This facility is designed to study new linear acceleration techniques and new radiation sources based on linacs in com...
The Facility for Accelerated Service Testing (FAST), located at the Transportation Test Center near Pueblo, Colorado, is a joint government/industry program for accelerated life cycle testing of railroad track and mechanical components. The facility consi...
The existing superconducting linac ATLAS is in many respects an ideal secondary beam accelerator for an ISOL (Isotope separator on-line) type radioactive beam facility. Such a facility would require the addition of two major accelerator elements: a low ch...
A program to help accelerate the adoption and implementation of new and innovative remediation technologies has been initiated by the Department of Energy`s (DOE) Environmental Restoration Program Office (EM40). Developed as a Public-Private Partnership program in cooperation with the US Environmental Protection Agency`s (EPA) Technology Innovation Office ...
The Agreement in Principle (AIP) was established as part of the Secretary of Energy`s Ten-Point Initiative which was announced in 1989. One of the Secretary`s goals was to integrate the Department of Energy`s (DOE) national security mission with their environmental restoration and compliance responsibilities. In an effort to accomplish this goal, DOE ...
The high level waste (HLW) disposal system consists of the Yucca Mountain Facility (YMF) and waste product (e.g. glass) generation facilities. Responsibility for management is shared between the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) Offices of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (DOE-RW) and Environmental Management ...
This report contains reviews of operating experiences, selected accident events, and industrial safety performance indicators that document the performance of the major US DOE magnetic fusion experiments and particle accelerators. These data are useful to form a basis for the occupational safety level at matured research facilities ...
The Accelerator Performance Demonstration Facility is the front-end prototype of a CW accelerator useful for accelerator-driven technologies. Its purpose is for evaluating the reliability, availability, and maintainability of a high-current and high-power...
... DOE produces both stable isotopes and radioisotopes. ... Radioisotopes are produced in nuclear reactors or particle accelerators. ...
A brief summary of the talks on accelerator physics presented at this conference, Intersections Between Particle and Nuclear Physics , is given. New accelerator facilities and technologies, beam cooling, and the experiments were part of these discussions.
... radiation facilities, (3) free electron lasers, (4) accelerator applications, (5) radiation monitoring and safety, (6) high energy hadron accelerators and ...
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Physics Division The Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator Pulsed Neutron Source The ORELA is a powerful electron accelerator-based neutron source...
I describe the future accelerator facilities that are currently foreseen for electroweak scale physics, neutrino physics, and nuclear structure. I will explore the physics justification for these machines, and suggest how the case for future accelerators can be made.
May 21, 2009 ... The Dust Accelerator Facility at CCLDAS ... 2) precise selection of particle size and velocity for high experimental control, ...
The Low-Acceleration Research Facility (LARF), an unmanned free-flier that is boosted from low-earth
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This paper outlines technological considerations in the design of accelerator facilities for medical applications. Emphasis is placed on the specific requirements for MARIA, a radioisotope and radiotherapy facility being planned in Edmonton, Canada. The m...
A safety analysis was performed to determine if normal operations and/or potential accidents at the 851 Firing Facility at Site 300 could present undue hazards to the general public, personnel at Site 300, or have an adverse effect on the environment. The normal operations and credible accidents that might have an effect on these facilities or have ...
facilities or (ii) construction, renovation, or maintenance of DOE- owned or -leased facilities.) ......
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Collaborative development and operation of large physics experiments is fairly common. Less common is the collaborative development or operation of accelerators. A current example of the latter is the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS). The SNS project was conceived as a collaborative effort between six DOE facilities. In the SNS case, ...
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA), evaluating the impacts associated with the proposed Low-Level Radioactive Waste Building at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, Illinois. As a result of the high energy physics program at Fermilab, small quantities of low-level radioactive wastes ...
It is hoped that this manual will serve both as a teaching aid as well as a useful adjunct for program development. In the context of application, this manual addresses good practices that should be observed by management, staff, and designers since the achievement of a good radiation program indeed involves a combined effort. Ultimately, radiation safety and good work practices become the ...
The meeting was prompted by recent problems with isotope availability from DOE accelerator facilities; these difficulties have resulted from conflicting priorities between physics experiments and isotope production activities. The workshop was a forum in which the nuclear medicine community, isotope producers, industry, and other ...
In July 1996, the US Department of Energy (DOE) chartered a contractor-led effort to develop a suite of technically defensible, integrated alternatives which would allow the Environmental Management program to accomplish its mission objectives in an accelerated fashion and at a reduced cost. These alternatives, or opportunities, could then be evaluated by ...
