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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.
G. Bellanger, J. J. Rameau
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 24 | Number 2 | September 1993 | Pages 145-149
Technical Paper | Tritium System | doi.org/10.13182/FST93-A30220
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It is shown that the tritium in stainless steel induces stress corrosion by the effects of embrittlement due to both the tritium itself and the helium formed by its decay. These also cause local breakdown of the oxide layer, though this breakdown is also brought about by the β− ray energy, which can be estimated to be between 4 × 103 and 105 MeV/cm2 of the steel surface per second.
