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C55-06a-270224-AbstractDemand for increased brightness of synchrotron light sources has been driven by advances in novel experimental techniques studying nanomaterials, micro- and nanocrystals, and interactions of atomic and molecular structures. Strong demand has pushed technologies of low emittance electron sources, novel concepts in electron storage rings, free electron lasers (FELs) and undula ...

C55-13a-270233The project embodies a field demonstration of a novel geothermal process via water injection into a shut- in existing well (already drilled & hydraulically fractured, and shut-in) for a short period, and then that injected water, having been heated by contacting the subsurface rock, is produced back to the surface (via the same well through which it was injected). This intermittent p ...

The Department of Energy (DOE) requires the demonstration of bimetallic corrosion-resistant surfaces for structural and cooling components used in molten-salt nuclear-reactor systems. Proposed coating materials must survive thermo-mechanical loading (e.g., no flaking or spalling) during exposure to the high-temperature conditions encountered during reactor operation and maintain metallurgical stab ...

Experiments probing the nature of the neutrino are searching for the rare nuclear process of neutrinoless double-beta decay (0?ßß). The state-of-the-art bolometer-based experiment is CUORE (Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events). Although CUORE is one of the most sensitive 0?ßß experiments to date, further background reduction is needed to clearly observe this rare process. The nex ...

Advanced photon sources capable of providing intense X-ray beams over a wide energy range have proven to be outstanding resources for studying bio-energy processing-induced protein molecular structure changes in plant systems via static and time-resolved X-ray diffraction. The hard X-ray regime of the available flux also promises to significantly enhance the applicability of these sources to yield ...

Nuclear physics (NP) experiments require large channel count detectors to accurately monitor, or trace events induced by sub-atomic particles. Gamma- and X-ray imaging and spectroscopy instruments are frequently utilized to detect, localize, and characterize nuclear materials, photons, or particles of light. These detector systems include a large number of simultaneously working detector elements. ...

C55-22c-270318More stringent challenges, as required by future high energy physics experiments, require higher radiation tolerance and higher granularity to the silicon detectors. Recently developed precision timing detector technology based on silicon Low Gain Avalanche Diode (LGAD) although exhibits excellent timing performance, cannot attain 10 µm position resolution needed for advanced 4D det ...

C55-13c-270336The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Carbon Storage program is focused on ramping up commercial scale carbon capture and geologic storage (CCUS) operations across the US to combat the release of CO2, a potent greenhouse gas responsible for global warming, into the atmosphere. Each one of these commercial scale operations will sequester greater than one metric megaton per year of CO ...

High concentrations of underserved populations with low social capital in urban areas, along with assets and ecosystems in vulnerable zones, present high risks of cascading failures and expected loss of lives and property. A key gap is the lack of urban models that can help to address and visualize threats, especially under a changing climate and with growing urbanization and “coastalization” ...

Petrophysical properties such as porosity and permeability are arguably the most important parameters in enhancing geothermal heat production through better completion design and stimulation plan. Collecting well logs are often passive and associated with additional costs. In addition, many logging packages cannot sustain high-temperature formations often observed in geothermal conditions. In thes ...