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Explore The Six Fundamentals Unlv Accelerated: High-Energy X-Ray Applications (Hexa), Oliver A. Hemmers

NSTec UNLV Symposium

• UNLV and HEXA for a Brighter Southern Nevada Future
• History of HEXA’s Public-­‐Private Partnership
• Discovery Through Research and Innova4ve Technologies
• The Innova4ve Process
• Southern Nevada Research and Economic Development Applica4ons
• HEXA Program Benefits

The Unlv Xps Facility – Research Opportunities, Allen L. Johnson

NSTec UNLV Symposium

XPS Outline

•XPS – what is it?

•How is it done?

•What are its limitations?

•Future direction – radioactive samples

–Sample containment and transport
–Sputter controls
–Radiation limits

•Summary

Development Of Ion Beam Nuclear Transmutation Doping (Ibntd) For Novel Electronics In Extreme Conditions, Michael G. Pravica, Noel A. Guardala, Jack L. Price

NSTec UNLV Symposium

Development of IBNTD for electronics under extreme conditions.

•We hope to create novel wide bandgap devices using Ion Beam Nuclear Transmutation Doping (IBNTD). These devices may be used as rugged high power switches, and high current/low noise amplifiers. Diamond in itself represents a “Holy Grail” for electrical applications due to its very high thermal conductivity and excellent electrical characteristics.
•We also hope to develop devices that can convert the enormous energy from high-energy nuclear particles (α2+,β-,β+, γparticles) into useful electricity and thus harness the enormous energy still contained in “spent” nuclear fuel. Developing these direct energy conversion (DEC) devices would …

Overview Of Nstec Plasma Focus Tubes And Magnetohydrodynamic Modeling Capabilities, Tim Meehan

NSTec UNLV Symposium

•Brief Description of how DPFs work, in general what they are useful for.
•DPF devices that we have at NSTec
•Using MHD modeling software to optimize designs and predict performance
•Neutron Resonance Spectroscopy

Pmts And Radiation/Particle Detection Technologies, Brent Davis

NSTec UNLV Symposium

Describes technical standards for equipment in the field of Nuclear and Optical Physics.

National Center For Nuclear Security, Veraun Chipman, Amanda Klingensmith, Cathy Snelson

NSTec UNLV Symposium

National Center for Nuclear Security (NCNS) Mission

•Chartered mission is to enhance the Nation’s verification and detection capabilities in support of nuclear arms control and nonproliferation through R&D activities at the NNSS
•Three focus areas
–Treaty Verification Technologies
–Nonproliferation Technologies
–Technical Nuclear Forensics