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Recent surveys confirm high levels of U.S. nuclear support
Surveys have consistently indicated that public support in the United States for the use of nuclear energy has been increasing in recent years. Four recent surveys continue to suggest that near-record-high numbers of Americans support nuclear energy. However, the survey results differ—sometimes widely—in the details of their findings.
A. Kumar, M.A. Abdou, M.Z. Youssef, Y. Ikeda, C. Konno, Y. Oyama, K. Kosako, F. Maekawa, H. Maekawa
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 3 | May 1992 | Pages 2180-2189
Blanket Shield and Neutronic | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A30043
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Measurements of long-lived radioactivity are required to generate reliable data-base for qualifying fusion materials for reactor applications. However, long half lives necessitate intense 14 MeV neutron source, long irradiation time, long cooling time, and long counting time under low background. A 32h12m long irradiation, at mean source neutron intensity of 1.13 × 1012 n/s, was carried out on a number of foil packages kept near rotating neutron taiget source at FNS under USDOE/JAERI collaborative program in June 1989. Four identical foil packages were kept at 0, 45, 90, and ∼115 degrees to the d+ beam. Each package contained foils of Ag, Al, Dy, Hf, 151Eu, 153Eu, Hf, Ho, Ir, Mo, Re, Tb, and W. The objective was to measure decay γ radioactivity from 108mAg, 26Al, 158Tb, 152Eu, 150Eu, 94Nb, 186mRe, 178m2Hf, 192mIr, and 166mHo, among others. The half lives of these products range from 13.3y (152Eu) to 0.72My (26Al). These foils were interspersed with dosimetric foils of Nb and Zr. An estimated average fluence of ∼0.83 × 1015 n/cm2 (range: 0.47–1.65.1015 n/cm2) was obtained for the foil-package at zero degree. After cooling times ranging from 1.3 to 2 years, γ-spectroscopy of some of these foils has been completed. Analysis of measurements, done on foil package at zero degree, has been carried out using four radioactivity codes, REAC-2, DKRICF, ACT4 (THIDA-2), and RACC. REAC-2 is the only code that has data for most of the observed products; RACC has data for Al, Mo and W products only. Ratio of computed to experimentally measured activities varies from 4.10−5 to 377. Major update of all four cross-section libraries is recommended as waste classification of many fusion specific materials is likely to change dramatically.