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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.
Alan B. Smith
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 155 | Number 1 | January 2007 | Pages 74-83
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE07-A2645
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Differential neutron elastic-scattering cross sections of 197Au are measured from [approximately equal to]4.5 to 10.0 MeV at incident-neutron energy intervals of [approximately equal to]0.5 MeV. These results are combined with previous lower-energy work by the author and associates to form a neutron-scattering database extending from [approximately equal to]0.3 to 10.0 MeV. A few elastic-scattering distributions and total cross sections from the literature are added to it, and the composite is interpreted in terms of optical-statistical, dispersion, and coupled-channels models. The results are compared with models in the literature and with relevant portions of the ENDF/B-VI nuclear data file. A collective rotational model for the prediction of neutron interactions in this mass-energy region is suggested.
