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For nuclear physics research, thin film isotopic specialty targets are often requested for the use and in charged-particle-induced experiments. There are also tens of radioisotopes that are of interest for medical imaging, industrial and R&D uses. The targets of interest include B, O, Si, and Cr; isotopes of refractory metals, such as Re, Os, Ir are good examples. However, many of the isotopes can ...

The semiconductor industry spends over six billion dollars in testing and qualification of IC (integrated circuit) chip products per year. Analysis of reliability and related testing requires a huge amount of data management and computation. The market for software to analyze this data is currently fragmented. Most of the work is performed by using out-dated tools and generic spreadsheet-based sof ...

There exists a need to obtain near-real-time information in a wireless tool configuration to be used in dynamic geothermal well conditions, such as when drilling is in progress. A tool which can provide this near real-time information from sensors located near the bit of the drill string will help reduce the hazards and costs associated with geothermal well development by allow ...

A method to visualize where the proppant load is distributed within a fracture has yet to be realized. Without this information it is difficult to determine whether a set of hydraulic fracture conditions has resulted in complete penetration into a particular energy deposit. Therefore it is impossible to tell whether all of the resources will be completely extracted. An emerging electromagnetic tec ...

Solid oxide fuel cells hold the greatest potential among fuel cell technologies due to their efficiency, scalability, and fuel flexibility. The primary barriers to commercialization of this technology are the cost and stability of the solid oxide fuel cells. To lower the cost and improve the robustness of solid oxide fuel cells, cell operating temperatures should be reduced to 500-700 °C which wi ...

One of the overarching goals of the Department of Energy’s Biological and Environmental Research (DOE-BER) program is the quantification of biogeochemical processes in complex subsurface environments such as at the Hanford Reach zone. Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL) has developed sensor networks along the Hanford Reach in past and current projects, and anticipates a need for expanded senso ...

Environmental sensor networks capable of taking data quickly enough to capture minute-scale fluctuations and durable enough to capture these data for entire seasons provide essential information for studying the seasonal and annual effects of environmental activity across complete ecosystems. The models informed by this data are useful for predicting both short- and long-term changes to economical ...

There is a need for carbon isotope targets for low energy nuclear physics research. The proposed program will exploit recent advances in carbon nanomaterials and low-cost manufacturing techniques to generate carbon foils that can be used current and future accelerators.

Crossfield Technology is developing a software-driven network architecture for synchronous data acquisition and Event Building. The architecture features an Instrumentation Gateway that supports time-synchronous data acquisition, real-time digital signal processing, and data streaming across an Ethernet network to a High Performance Computer system.

Next generation reactor R&D aims to produce safer, longer lasting and economically viable nuclear power plants. New designs rely on novel materials that are resistant to both corrosive environments and radiation damage. Testing these novel materials requires an intense fast neutron environment, commonly created with a nuclear reactor or a national laboratory scale accelerator such as the proposed ...