Dr
Charles-Olivier Bacri
(CNRS/IN2P3 Institut de Physique Nucléaire)
30/03/2010, 14:00
Materials science, nanomaterials
oral
CACAO, Chimie des Actinides et Cibles radioActives à Orsay, is a project of laboratory for the production and characterization of thin radioactive layers. The project is now launched and almost financed. It should be fully operational by the end 2010.
Besides the production of targets, CACAO aims to be a node of a kind of network of laboratories dedicated to find isotopes, but also to...
Dr
Ondrej Benes
(EC-JRC-ITU)
30/03/2010, 14:30
Materials science, nanomaterials
oral
The Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) is one of the six reactor concepts of the Generation IV (GenIV) initiative. In this concept the fissile material (233U, 235U and 239Pu) is dissolved in the molten fluoride matrix circulating in the primary circuit from the reactor core to the heat exchanger and back. Compared to solid fuel reactors, the advantage of the MSR is the possibility of fuel purification...
c degueldre
30/03/2010, 15:00
Materials science, nanomaterials
oral
White line of actinide x-ray absorption spectra as a tool for their atomic environment description
Claude Degueldre,1 Manuel Pouchon1, Goutam Kuri1, Camelia Borca2, Cedric Cozzo1
1 LNM – NES, Paul Scherrer Institute -5232 Villigen, Switzerland, e-mail: claude.degueldre@psi.ch
2 SYN Paul Scherrer Institute -5232 Villigen, Switzerland,,
From a recent...
Dr
Thomas Scott
(University of Bristol)
30/03/2010, 15:30
Materials science, nanomaterials
oral
The interaction between metallic uranium surfaces and water vapour is considered to be most important in regard to the environmental corrosion of the metal. Numerous studies have examined the initial stages of these interactions. However, there have been discrepancies in the published data describing kinetic laws, pressure dependence of the reaction rate constant and activation energies. The...
jerry nolen
30/03/2010, 16:30
Materials science, nanomaterials
oral
Dr
Colin Morton
(TRIUMF)
30/03/2010, 17:10
Materials science, nanomaterials
oral
Since the first Workshop on Actinide Targets in 2006, two such targets have been used successfully for RIB production at TRIUMF’s ISAC facility. In a test run in August/September 2008, a uranium oxide target coupled to a surface ionization source was irradiated with ~300 µA•hrs of 500 MeV protons and RIB yields were measured at the ISAC yield station. In a follow-up run, in December 2009, a...
Dr
Robert Bark
(iThemba LABS)
30/03/2010, 17:40
Materials science, nanomaterials
oral
The main accelerator of iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences is a K = 200 Separated Sector Cyclotron (SSC). Use of the accelerator is shared by groups engaging in nuclear physics research, radiation therapy and radio-isotope production. The long term plan calls for the addition a high-intensity, K = 70 MeV proton accelerator to the laboratory, to both alleviate over-subscription...
Dr
Alberto Andrighetto
(INFN - Laboratori di Legnaro)
30/03/2010, 18:10
oral
The SPES project at Laboratori di Legnaro of INFN (Italy) is concentrating on the production of neutron-rich radioactive nuclei by the Uranium fission at a rate of 10^13 fission/s . The emphasis to neutron-rich isotopes is justified by the fact that this vast territory has been little explored, at exceptions of some decay and in-beam spectroscopy following fission.. The Rare Ion Beam (RIB)...
