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Chernobyl at 40 years: Looking back at Nuclear News
Sunday, April 26, at 1:23 a.m. local time will mark 40 years since the most severe nuclear accident in history: the meltdown of Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union.
In the ensuing four decades, countless books, documentaries, articles, and conference sessions have examined Chernobyl’s history and impact from various angles. There is a similar abundance of outlooks in the archives of Nuclear News, where hundreds of scientists, advocates, critics, and politicians have shared their thoughts on Chernobyl over the years. Today, we will take a look at some highlights from the pages of NN to see how the story of Chernobyl evolved over the decades.
Toshiaki Yutani, Hiroo Nakamura, Masayoshi Sugimoto, Mizuho Ida, Hiroshi Takeuchi
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 41 | Number 3 | May 2002 | Pages 850-853
Design and Model | Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Tritium Science and Technology Tsukuba, Japan November 12-16, 2001 | doi.org/10.13182/FST02-A22705
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This paper describes design considerations on the tritium processing and the tritium laboratory in the International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility (IFMIF) that is being developed for neutron irradiation testing of candidate fusion materials. In the IFMIF the tritium is generated by various reactions. However, the irradiated materials will have high activities. The tritium processing method is designed on the basis of the evaluation for tritium source and generation rate. The tritium laboratory for post irradiation examination (PIE) of the activated/tritium contaminated materials is evaluated.
