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Hash Hashemian: Visionary leadership
As Dr. Hashem M. “Hash” Hashemian prepares to step into his term as President of the American Nuclear Society, he is clear that he wants to make the most of this unique moment.
A groundswell in public approval of nuclear is finding a home in growing governmental support that is backed by a tailwind of technological innovation. “Now is a good time to be in nuclear,” Hashemian said, as he explained the criticality of this moment and what he hoped to accomplish as president.
C.E. Murphy Jr., L.R. Bauer, D.D. Hoel
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 2 | March 1992 | Pages 489-493
Safety; Measurement and Accountability; Operation and Maintenance; Application | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A29794
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During 35 years of operation of the Savannah River Site (SRS) there have been a small number of inadvertent tritium releases to the atmosphere. After detection of the releases by stack monitors, field crews were dispatched to determine the concentrationoftritiumintheenvironment The objective of the measurements was to verify environmental concentrations calculated by dose assessment models. Airsamplers were used to verify the concentration levels and tritium fonns during the plume passage. It was not feasible to take enough samples in the plume path to determine the two-dimensional disthbution of tritium concentration in the plume. However, the ground level disthbution was very well reflected in vegetation samples. Therefore, it is usually possible to determine plume shape, plume width, and the relative maximum concentration as the plume moves downwind from the vegetation samples. In eight of the nine releases studied, the monitoring data allowed comparison with atmospheric transport models.