Resurgence of a Nation’s Radiation Science Driven by Its Nuclear Industry Needs

Applied Sciences

Paul Wady¹  Gemma Draper²  Simon M. Pimblott³  Choen May Chan⁴  Luke Jones⁵  Robin Orr⁶  Thomas Donoclift⁷  Helen Steele⁸  Jeff Hobbs⁸  Aaron Daubney⁸  Christopher Anderson⁹  Ruth Edge⁹  Nicholas J. S. Mason⁹  Frederick Currell⁹  Aliaksandr Baidak⁹  Mel O’Leary⁹  Andrew D. Smith⁹  Laura Leay⁹  Samir de Moraes Shubeita⁹  Darryl Messer^1,10 

[1] Diamond Light Source, Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, UK;ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source, STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell, Didcot OX11 0QX, UK;Idaho National Laboratory, 1955 N. Fremont Avenue, Idaho Falls, ID 83415, USA;Jacobs, Walton House, Birchwood Park, Faraday St., Warrington WA3 6GA, UK;National Nuclear Laboratory, Havelock Road, Derwent Howe, Workington, Cumbria CA14 3YQ, UK;National Nuclear Laboratory, Seascale, Cumbria CA20 1PG, UK;Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, Rankine Avenue, Scottish Enterprise Technology Park, East Kilbride G75 0QF, UK;Sellafield Limited, Seascale, Cumbria CA20 1PG, UK;The University of Manchester’s Dalton Cumbrian Facility, Westlakes Science Park, Moor Row, Cumbria CA24 3HA, UK;TÜV SÜD Nuclear Technologies, Ennerdale Pavillion, Westlakes Science and Technology Park, Ingwell Dr, Moor Row, Cumbria CA24 3JZ, UK;

关键词: radiolysis;    nuclear science;    radiotherapy;    ionizing radiation;    radiation chemistry in nuclear technology;    sources of ionizing radiation;   

DOI  :  10.3390/app112311081

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This article describes the radiation facilities and associated sample preparation, management, and analysis equipment currently in place at the Dalton Cumbrian Facility, a facility which opened in 2011 to support the UK’s nuclear industry. Examples of measurements performed using these facilities are presented to illustrate their versatility and the breadth of research they make possible. Results are presented from research which furthers our understanding of radiation damage to polymeric materials, radiolytic yield of gaseous products in situations relevant to nuclear materials, radiation chemistry in light water reactor cooling systems, material chemistry relevant to immobilization of nuclear waste, and radiation-induced corrosion of fuel cladding elements. Applications of radiation chemistry relevant to health care are also described. Research concerning the mechanisms of radioprotection by dietary carotenoids is reported. An ongoing open-labware project to develop a suite of modular sample handling components suited to radiation research is described, as is the development of a new neutron source able to provide directional beams of neutrons.

【 授权许可】

Unknown