LosAlamosNational Laboratory’s proposed signature facility,MaRIE,will provide scientists and engineers with new capabilities for modeling, synthesizing, examining, and testingmaterials of the future that will enhance the USA’s energy security and national security. In the area of fusion power, the development of new structural alloys with better tolerance to the harsh radiation environments exp...

The future International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is a complex installation that will require permanent monitoring and frequent maintenance operations. The high-gamma dose rates, the high neutron fluence and other radiological hazards call for the use of remotehandled equipment. The management of heavy umbilicals connecting the control systems with the remote tools is therefore...

PURPOSE To investigate the dosimetric characteristics of PRESAGEREU dosimeters. METHODS Commercially available PRESAGEREU dosimeters (size of 10 mm × 10 mm × 45 mm) were divided into two groups, with one of the groups placed at room temperature of 22°C (RT group) and another group placed at low temperature of 10°C (LT group). A total of 3 dosimeters (set of dosimeters) were irradiated at a ti...

To investigate the effects of different types irradiation on growth and morphological characteristics leaf lettuce (Lactuca sativa L. var. crispa “Greenwave”), a quantitative analysis contour using an elliptic Fourier descriptor (EFD) was carried out together with conventional measurement methods. Two experiments were conducted to test treatments. Experiment 1 investigated monochromatic/alterna...

A wide range of N-alkylglycines (peptoids) can be efficiently prepared via Ugi reactions using microwave irradiations. The results confirm the versatility and efficiency of the methodology for the preparation of functionalized peptoids. The products can be used in consecutive Ugi reactions to yield cyclic peptoids of potential biological interest.

Recent exploratory efforts to reveal the evolution and the climatic history of Mars have shown that the planet is still active. The surface of Mars has been, and continues to be, shaped by fluvial, eolian and glacial processes. The timeframe of these events is, however, poorly established. We describe efforts and challenges to adapt optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating for robotic in-...

Thanks to its high thermal conductivity, aluminum nitride may be a serious candidate as fuel coating for the Gas Fast Reactor. However, its behavior under irradiation is not entirely well understood. In order to catch a glimpse of this behavior, specimens were irradiated with swift heavy ions of different energies then characterised by both thermally stimulated luminescence and optical absorpti...

The polystyrene based scintillator SCSN38, pure polystyrene and pure polymethyl-methacrylate have been irradiated with a beam of fast neutrons and with reactor neutrons. The radiation induced permanent optical absorption coeecients after total annealing in air are compared with data for irradiations. The strong diierences might be due to the high LET of the recoil protons elastically scattered ...

Existence of adaptive response (AR) was previously demonstrated in C57BL/6J mice. Irradiations were performed by delivering a priming low dose of X-rays (0.50 Gy) in combination with a challenge high dose of accelerated carbon or neon ion particles. AR was characterized by significantly decreased mortality in the 30-day survival test. This mouse AR model ('Yonezawa Effect') was originally estab...