*Corresponding author: Leila Farzin, Environmental Laboratory, Nuclear Science Research School, Nuclear Science & Technology Research Institute, Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), P.O. Box: 11365-3486, Tehran, Iran. Tel/Fax: +98 21 88221121 E-mail: [email protected] Foundation Project: Supported by Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute Tehran, Iran (Grant No. IS-NS-04-86-01).

BILGE YILDIZ, ANNA NIKIFOROVA and SIDNEY YIP 1 Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 02139, USA 2 Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering and Department of Materials Science and Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA 3 Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems, MIT Corresponding author. E-ma...

Background: The aim of the study was to analyze the effective dose record of occupationally exposed radiation workers at Bahawalpur Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Oncology department. Materials and Methods: Annual effective doses of occupationally exposed workers were measured by film badge dosimetry by sending the dosimeters to Radiation Dosimetry Laboratory (RDL), Pakistan Institute of Nuc...

Fission track dating has greatly expanded its usefulness to geology over the last 40 years. It is central to thermochronology—the use of shortened fission tracks to decipher the thermal history, movement, and provenance of rocks. When combined with other indicators, such as zircon color and (U–Th)/He, a range of temperatures from 40 ◦C to 400 ◦C can be studied. Combining fission track analysis ...

Since the beginning of the 1990s, when the first seizures of nuclear material were reported, the IAEA recorded more than 800 cases of illicit rafficking of nuclear or other radioactive materials. Despite the decreasing frequency of seizures involving nuclear materials (i.e. uranium or lutonium), the issue continues to attract public attention and is a reason for concern due to the hazard associ...

Today, virtually every experimental paper published in ‘‘Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics’’ includes characterization of the polymers under study by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. In addition to monitoring the various synthetic steps, which eventually lead to the new polymers or supramolecular systems described, high-resolution NMR provides a number of important parameters, ...

Recent developments in high intensity lasers open up a new approach to investigating nuclear reactions in the laboratory without access to nuclear reactors or particle accelerators. By focusing the laser spot, very high laser intensities in excess of 10 W cm can now be produced. Under these conditions, matter in the focal spot is turned into hot dense relativistic plasma. The laser interactions...

It is my pleasure to introduce and frame this Nuclear Technology special issue, “The Nuclear, Humanities, Social Science Nexus: Challenges Opportunities for Speaking Across the Disciplinary...

Effects of induced mutation via gamma irradiated with 250 Gy dose (in Nuclear Agriculture Research School- Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute) on Trichoderma harzianum conidiaon chitinase activity by STS molecular marker have been evaluated in this study. Among 20 irradiated mutants which selected via improved antagonistic capability against Rhizoctonia sola...

Dr. Jungmin Kang was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies (CEES), Princeton University in 1999-2000. He is the author of forthcoming articles in Science & Global Security and Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology. Dr. H.A. Feiveson is a Senior Research Scientist at CEES and a Codirector of Princeton’s research Program on Nuclear Policy Alternatives. ...