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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. C. Young, G. D. Trimble, J. M. Neill, G. K. Houghton, D. H. Houston, J. R. Beyster
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 28 | Number 2 | May 1967 | Pages 259-269
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE67-A17476
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Quasi-infinite medium neutron spectra have been measured as a function of moderator temperature and poison concentrations in water. Three different poisons were used: a l/υ absorber (boron), and the resonance absorbers erbium and gadolinium. These measurements were performed utilizing the General Atomic Linac and standard time-of-flight techniques. The temperature range covered was from ambient to about 300°C. The measurements were compared to the latest theoretical models using the best known calculational techniques available. The scattering kernel based on the modified Haywood frequency spectra and computed by the GASKET-FLANGE computer codes appears to give the best agreement with the experimental data.