[en] The Department of Energy has submitted to the NRC staff for review a topical safety analysis report (TSAR) for a Centralized Interim Storage Facility (CISF). The TSAR will be used in licensing the CISF when and if a site is designated. CISF1 design events are identified based on thorough review of design basis events (DBEs) previously identified by dry storage system suppliers and licensees and through the application of hazard assessment techniques. A Preliminary Hazards Assessment (PHA) is performed to identify design events applicable to a Phase 1 non site specific CISF. A PHA is deemed necessary since the Phase 1 CISF is distinguishable from previous dry store applications in several significant operational scope and design basis aspects. In addition to assuring all design events applicable to the Phase 1 CISF are identified, the PHA served as an integral part of the CISF design process by identifying potential important to safety and defense in depth facility design and administrative control features. This paper describes the Phase 1 CISF design event identification process and summarizes significant PHA contributions to the CISF design

[en] A Collaboration comprising scientists from Taiwan, mainland China and the United States has been built up since 1996 to pursue an experimental program in neutrino and astro-particle physics in Taiwan. A pilot experiment to be performed at the Nuclear Power Station II in Taiwan is now under intense preparation. It will make use of a 500 kg CsI(Tl) crystal calorimeter to study various neutrino interactions. Various possible future directions will also be explored. The conceptual design and the physics to be addressed by the pilot experiment are discussed

[en] Finite neutrino magnetic moments are consequences of non-zero neutrino masses. The particle physics foundations of the subject are summarized. The astrophysical bounds as well as the results from recent direct experiments are reviewed. Future projects and prospects are surveyed

[en] The theme of the TEXONO research program is on the studies of low energy neutrino and dark matter physics. The current goals are on the development of germanium detectors with sub-keV sensitivities to realize experiments on neutrino magnetic moments, neutrino-nucleus coherent scattering, as well as WIMP dark matter searches. A threshold of 100-200 eV was achieved with prototype detectors at the Kuo-Sheng Neutrino Laboratory. New limits were placed for low-mass WIMPs. The dark matter program will move to a new underground laboratory currently under construction in Sichuan, China.

[en] This paper presents the most recent nuclear k_T measurements from STAR derived from multi-particle jet reconstruction of d+Au and p+p collisions at √s = 200 GeV. Since jets reconstructed from multiple particles are relatively free of fragmentation biases, nuclear k_T can be measured with greater certainty in this way than with traditional di-hadron correlations. Multi-particle jet reconstruction can also be used for a direct measurement of the fragmentation function. (author)

[en] A Collaboration comprising Taiwan and mainland Chinese scientists has been built up since 1996 to pursue an experimental program in neutrino and astro-particle physics in Taiwan. A pilot experiment to be performed at the Nuclear Power Station II in Taiwan is now under intense preparation. It will make use of a 600 kg Csl(Tl) crystal calorimeter to study various neutrino interactions. The feasibility of performing a long baseline reactor neutrino experiment will also be investigated. The physics to be addressed by the pilot experiment, its experimental details, as well as our future plans and visions, will be discussed. (author)

[en] A search of neutrino magnetic moment was carried out at the Kuo-Sheng Nuclear Power Station at a distance of 28 m from the 2.9 GW reactor core. With a high purity germanium detector of mass 1.06 kg surrounded by scintillating NaI(Tl) and CsI(Tl) crystals as anti-Compton detectors, a detection threshold of 5 keV and a background level of 1 kg^-1keV^-1day^-1 at 12-60 keV were achieved. Based on 4712 and 1250 hours of Reactor ON and OFF data, respectively, the limits on the neutrino magnetic moment of μ _antiνe<1.3(1.0) x 10^-10μ_B at 90(68)% confidence level were derived. Indirect bounds of the anti ν_e radiative lifetime of m_ν³ τ_ν >2.8(4.8) x 10¹⁸ eV³ s can be inferred. The present status and future plans are discussed. (orig.)

[en] Germanium detectors with sub-keV sensitivities open a window to search for low-mass WIMP dark matter. The latest limit on spin-independent couplings from the TEXONO experiment at the Kuo-Sheng Reactor Neutrino Laboratory is reported. Highlights of our R and D program, as well as the status and plans are discussed

[en] The highlights of the research program of the TEXONO Collaboration on low energy neutrino and dark matter physics at the Kuo-Sheng Reactor Neutrino Laboratory (KSNL) are presented. The hardware theme is on germanium detectors with sub-keV sensitivities for low-mass WIMP searches and for the studies of neutrino-nucleus coherent scattering. The latest results, current status and future plans have been presented

[en] The theme of the TEXONO-CDEX research program is on the studies of low energy neutrino and dark matter physics at Kuo-Sheng Reactor Neutrino Laboratory and China Jin-Ping Underground Laboratory. The current goal is to open the 'sub-keV' detector window with germanium detectors. The three main scientific subjects are neutrino magnetic moments, neutrino-nucleus coherent scattering, and dark matter searches. We highlight the status, results and plans in this article.