BACKGROUND, AIM, AND SCOPE Ever since the discovery of the mutagenic properties of ionizing radiation, the possibility of birth sex odds shifts in exposed human populations was considered in the scientific community. Positive evidence, however weak, was obtained after the atomic bombing of Japan. We previously investigated trends in the sex odds before and after the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plan...

The Asian Nuclear Physics Association (ANPhA) is the central organization representing nuclear physics community in Asia Pacific. ANPhA now preparing a list of accelerators applicable for experiments Among listed facilities, world-class "major" accelerator facilities are mainly located China (Heavy Ion Research Facility Lanzhou (HIRFL), and its future extension Huizhou, i.e. HIAF/CiADS, Beijing...

The Radiation Monitoring System (RMS) is designed to check continuously the reactor at operating set points, it assures that no individual and persons receive an unnecessary or hazardous exposure radiation. According process operation characteristics of Small Modular Reactor (SMR), these radiation monitoring channels can be grouped into subsystem, effluent area subsystem Post Accident Subsystem...

During World War II and the Cold War, the United States developed a complex of industrial facilities for the research, production, and testing of nuclear weapons. In addition, the United States government supported the development of nuclear energy for commercial applications and conducted research in high-energy physics and other basic sciences, as well as medical diagnostics and treatment. Th...

Dr. Charles W. Nakhleh is a technical staff member in the Safeguards Systems Group at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. His research interests include the applications of environmental monitoring to international safeguards, safeguarding of advanced nuclear fuel cycles, and policy and technology issues related to the Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nu...