Master’s student spends summer modeling nuclear generators for space expeditions
When Khooshboo Dani grew up dreaming of traveling through space and building something among the cosmos, she never considered what would power her voyage. Inspired by Neil Armstrong’s biography and trips to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Boeing’s Factory in Seattle, she decided to pursue a graduate education in astronautical engineering after completing a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from Amrita University in India. Now, as a master’s student at University of Southern California in Viterbi’s Department of Astronautical Engineering (MS ’19) and former member of the Liquid Propulsion Lab, a student-led rocket building group, she has developed an interest in power systems. Read more.
Radioactivity in fracking wastewater comes from the interaction between a chemical slurry and ancient shale during the hydraulic fracturing process, according to Dartmouth College research. Read more.
Molybdenum, with the symbol Mo and atomic number 42, is an element of the periodic table that has unique properties that make it the answer to many questions in earth and life sciences, and even in industry! Read more.
While several radiopharmaceuticals are able to detect TB, they are not specific enough to the disease and hence cannot be used for clinical diagnosis.
Brought under control in much of the developed world, tuberculosis, or TB, remains one of the leading causes of death in many developing countries. In Indonesia, where over 360,000 cases are discovered each year, and another 600,000 cases are estimated as unreported, detection of a form of tuberculosis that affects organs other than the lung will soon become easier – thanks to a new radiopharmaceutical developed by the country’s National Nuclear Agency (BATAN), with support from the IAEA. Read more.
The National Nuclear Security Administration and the Tennessee Valley Authority announce that they intend to enter into an agreement to “down-blend” highly enriched uranium to low-enriched uranium in order to help produce tritium, a key “boosting” component in nuclear weapons. The highly enriched uranium used for the “down-blending” is processed, packaged, and shipped from the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, according to the NNSA. Y-12 is the main storage facility for certain categories of highly enriched uranium, which can be used in nuclear weapons and in naval reactors. Read more.
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