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PR: American Nuclear Society welcomes Senate confirmation of Ted Garrish as the DOE’s nuclear energy secretary
Washington, D.C. — The American Nuclear Society (ANS) applauds the U.S. Senate's confirmation of Theodore “Ted” Garrish as Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
“On behalf of over 11,000 professionals in the fields of nuclear science and technology, the American Nuclear Society congratulates Mr. Garrish on being confirmed by the Senate to once again lead the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy,” said ANS President H.M. "Hash" Hashemian.
Maurizio Angelone
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 24 | Number 1 | August 1993 | Pages 37-49
Technical Paper | Experimental Device | doi.org/10.13182/FST93-A30173
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The first attempt to calculate the parameters for 238U and 232Th used in the analysis of delayed neutron counter measurements of the total neutron yield from deuterium-tritium (D-T) plasmas is described. The nuclear theory of systematics is employed, together with nuclear data from the literature. As a check on the methods used, the delayed neutron parameters were also calculated f or deuterium-deuterium plasma conditions; the resulting neutron yields agreed within ± 7% with the results obtained using the experimentally calibrated delayed neutron counter assemblies. After the calculations were completed, the first D-T plasma experiment was performed at the Joint European Torus (JET). Delayed neutron measurements were made using 232Th samples. The calculated delayed neutron parameters gave neutron yields that agreed within ±8% with those obtained with conventional activation methods, using iron and silicon samples.
