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Last year, we proudly launched the inaugural Nuclear News 40 Under 40 list to shine a spotlight on the exceptional young professionals driving the nuclear sector forward as the nuclear community faces a dramatic generational shift. We weren’t sure how a second list would go over, but once again, our members resoundingly answered the call, confirming what we already knew: The nuclear community is bursting with vision, talent, and extraordinary dedication.
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Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 57 | Number 2 | June 1975 | Pages 129-154
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE75-A27341
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Calculations and resulting data are described which are intended for use in estimating the protection afforded by buildings against nuclear radiations emitted from a nuclear burst in the first half minute or so. The basic source configuration is that for which one assumes equal likelihood of the explosion occurring on a ring of elevation 30 deg above the horizontal, relative to a structure location on the ring axis. Source spectra and angular distributions corresponding to large distance (≳1 mile) from burst point to structure are used. As sources we discuss here only gamma rays from fission products and from neutron interactions with air molecules.