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I work in the analytical labs at one of Europe’s oldest and largest nuclear sites: Sellafield, in northwestern England. I spend my days at the fume hood front, pipette in one hand and radiation probe in the other (and dosimeter pinned to my chest, of course). Outside the lab, I have a second job: I moonlight as a writer and public speaker. My new popular science book—Going Nuclear: How the Atom Will Save the World—came out last summer, and it feels like my life has been running at full power ever since.
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 60 | Number 4 | November 2011 | Pages 1351-1354
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For a large volume air cleanup system in nuclear fusion facility, honeycomb type oxidizing catalyst and absorbing dehumidifier offer a useful advantage in terms of their low pressure drop. In the present study the weight ratio of Pd catalyst on the metal honeycomb of Al-Cr-steel alloy were varied from 0.1 g/L to 4g/L. Catalyst was heated up to over 400 °C with stepwise under flowing air containing hydrogen and methane, and their oxidizing reaction rate was evaluated. Its catalytic activation energies were estimated to be about 36 kJ/mol for hydrogen and 100 kJ/mol for methane. Also it was appeared that the effectiveness of high Pd weight ratio catalyst and high temperature operation, and the limit of previous activation by hydrogen gas.