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Going Nuclear: Notes from the officially unofficial book tour
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.
J. Rand McNally, Jr.
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 67 | Number 2 | August 1978 | Pages 255-257
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE78-A15440
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This Note presents a concise version of the analogy between fusion (ignition) and fission (criticality) plus a new Tnτ criterion for evaluating fusion plasma quality with regard to ignition. A comparison with experimental data is also made.
