The glut of fissile material from reprocessing plants and from the conclusion of the cold war has provided the opportunity to design new fuel types to beneficially dispose of such stocks by generating useful power. Thus, in addition to the normal reactor core complement of enriched uranium fuel assemblies, two other types are available on the world market. These are the ERU (enriched recycled u...

This study explores for the first time possibilities that 233U/236U atom ratio offers to distinguish waters of Atlantic or Pacific origin in Arctic Ocean. entering Ocean often carry an isotopic signature dominantly originating from European reprocessing facilities with some smaller contribution global fallout nuclides, whereas northern are labeled nuclides released during atmospheric nuclear te...

For years to come, the Russian nuclear weapons production complex will remain responsible for missions that are central to international security and nonproliferation, including: • dismantlement of retired nuclear weapons; • support to Russia’s operational nuclear warhead stockpile to assure its safety, security, and reliability; • safe and secure storage, management, and disposition of hundred...

This article will briefly review the progress of h-BN based solid-state metal semiconductor (MSM) neutron detectors. In last decade, several groups have been working on hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN)-based Recently, detection efficiency 59% has reported. Efficient, low-cost detectors made from readily available materials are essential for various applications. Neutron widely used to detect fiss...