Conveners
Session 8
- Christian Linsmeier (Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Fusion Energy and Nuclear Waste Management – Plasma Physics, Jülich, Germany)
Fusion research has gained significant ground in Bavaria as the Masterplan “Kernfusion und neuartiger Kerntechnologien” moves forward and presents the goal of significantly pushing nuclear technology. In addition, TUM held a symposium on Novel Nuclear Technologies with the clear recommendation to further study high energy fusion neutrons.
Thus, it is important to have a detailed understanding...
In the 2nd half of the 20th century, research fission reactors were deployed across the world in the form of OPAL and TRIGA designs, among others. The profound positive effect on nuclear research into materials science, training, fundamental particle physics, and nuclear medicine still endures today. However, many of those old reactors have already come to the end of their life with very few...
Neutron computed tomography penetrates many metals easily while showing good contrast for many light elements, often showing contrast pretty much complementary to X-rays.
Neutron CT also provides the possibility of using liquid contrast agents containing Gadolinium that has extreme contrast for neutrons, and can be used to detect cracks and capillary properties of materials. In the past,...
