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No impact from Savannah River radioactive wasps
The news is abuzz with recent news stories about four radioactive wasp nests found at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina. The site has been undergoing cleanup operations since the 1990s related to the production of plutonium and tritium for defense purposes during the Cold War. Cleanup activities are expected to continue into the 2060s.
H. Derrien, N. M. Larson, G. de Saussure, R. B. Perez
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 96 | Number 1 | May 1987 | Pages 58-65
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE87-A16365
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The 241Pu total cross-section measurement of Kolar and Carraro and the neutron fission cross-section measurements of Blons et al. and Weston and Todd were analyzed with the R-matrix resonance analysis program SAMMY, which uses Bayes’ equation to extract resonance parameters from the experimental data. A set of Reich-Moore-type resonance parameters that describes the cross sections up to 100 eV was obtained. It is shown that existing data are not adequate for a precise evaluation of the resonance cross sections, and the need for additional work is discussed.
