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Gamma Irradiation Facility Open
Gamma irradiation is a process that uses Cobalt60 radionuclide produced artificially in nuclear reactors to irradiate a variety of items using gamma radiation. A key characteristic of gamma irradiation is its high penetration capability an…
View article: MELCOR
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MELCOR is a fully integrated, engineering-level computer code for modeling the progression of severe accidents in light water reactors (LWR) at nuclear power plants and nuclear fuel cycle facilities. Originally developed to assess severe a…
View article: Stingray Case Study
Stingray Case Study Open
Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) have injured and killed numerous soldiers and civilians as a consequence of military operations in the Middle East. With gaps in existing technologies, the US military required devices for quickly addres…
View article: GEMINI Case Study
GEMINI Case Study Open
Sandia's GEMINI-Scout Mine Rescue Robot is an unmanned ground vehicle designed to enter potentially hazardous environments to explore, assess, and evaluate dangerous situations first responders may face when conducting a rescue mission. GE…
View article: MRDIS Case Study
MRDIS Case Study Open
The Mobile Radiation Detection and Identification System (MRDIS) is a large mobile scanner that inspects containers in transit from cargo ships for radiological materials. The MRDIS platform operates as a two-part system with one MRDIS usi…
View article: Xyce Case Study
Xyce Case Study Open
With the elimination of underground nuclear testing and declining defense budgets, science-based stockpile stewardship requires increased reliance on high performance modeling and simulation of weapon systems. Today's weapon systems are co…
View article: Xyce Case Study
Xyce Case Study Open
With the elimination of underground nuclear testing and declining defense budgets, science-based stockpile stewardship requires increased reliance on high performance modeling and simulation of weapon systems. Today's weapon systems are co…
View article: Moly 99 Reactor Case Study
Moly 99 Reactor Case Study Open
Molybdenum-99 (Moly 99) is a critical raw material for Technetium (Tc) 99m, a radioactive isotope most widely used in nuclear medicine procedures. Moly 99 has a short half-life of about six hours, which means it cannot be stockpiled. When …
View article: SpinDX Case Study
SpinDX Case Study Open
SpinDX, often referred to as a "lab-on-a-disk" is a portable, medical diagnostic platform that uses a disposable, centrifugal disk with microfluidic flow paths to manipulate a biological sample. This allows multiple tests to be carried out…