IAC - Workshop: Energy Storage and other Opportunities with Nuclear Isomers

Energy Storage and other Opportunities with Nuclear Isomers

Sponsored by Idaho National Engineering & Environmental Lab (INEEL)
(now known as Idaho National Laboratory (INL))
Hosted by Idaho State University (ISU)

Purpose:

A select group of scientists, along with faculty and staff from the Idaho State University's (ISU) Department of Physics, the Idaho Accelerator Center, and the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) will discuss energy storage and other new potential applications of nuclear isomers. Descriptions of ongoing work by the participants and laboratories at ISU will be shared. The goals of this workshop will be to address practical issues and needs surrounding the application of nuclear isomers to energy storage, high-power devices, nuclear materials detection, hazardous waste assay, nuclear physics, and other industrial and basic science applications. We hope that this workshop will also foster future collaborations. Participants will discuss work at their respective laboratorys, share new ideas and opportunities, as well as collaborative possibilities. Invitees travel costs will be paid by the Idaho Accelerator Center and participants will receive a copy of the proceedings. Depending upon the weather and interest of participants, a trip to nearby Yellowstone National Park may also be arranged following the workshop.

Schedule:


Thursday, August 14th ISU Physical Science Building, Room 132



Time	Name	Presentation Title



8:30am	E. House ISU Office of Research F. Harmon Idaho Accelerator Center	Welcome and Introduction



9:45am	P. Regan University of Surrey , UK	The Long and Short of it, Some Fundamentals of Nuclear Isomers



10:45am	Break



11:00am	F. Kondev Argonne National Laboratory	K-Isomers: Nuclear Data, Structure and Properties



12:00pm	Lunch break



1:30pm	F. Kondev Argonne National Laboratory	K-Isomers: Nuclear Data, Structure and Properties



2:30pm	T. Roney Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory	TBA



Friday August 15th ISU Physical Science Building, Room 132



8:45am	W. Scates Department of Physics, Idaho State University	Isomers and Non-Exponential Decay



9:45am	J. J. Carroll Youngstown State University	Nuclear isomers and triggered gamma emission



10:45am	Break



11:00am	J. A. Becker Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	Search for enhanced decay of 31-yr Hf-178 isomer with synchrotron radiation



12:00pm	Lunch Break



1:30pm	R. Rundberg Los Alamos National Laboratory	Stimulated Emission and Supperadiant Emission from Nuclear Isomers



2:30pm	G. Dracoulis Australian National University	Nuclear Structure aspects of Isomer Formation and Population of 178m2Hf and other isomers by Incomplete Fusion

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