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The progress so far: An update on the Reactor Pilot Program
It has been about three months since the Department of Energy named 10 companies for its new Reactor Pilot Program, which maps out how the DOE would meet the goal announced by executive order in May of having three reactors achieve criticality by July 4, 2026.
G. K. Schenter, P. Vogel
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 83 | Number 3 | March 1983 | Pages 393-396
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE83-A17574
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An analytic approximation of the Fermi function F(Z, E) is proposed. The formula is applicable over a wide range of atomic numbers, Z, and of electron energies, E. It is sufficiently accurate and simple to use. An example shows how to employ the approximation in analysis of the complex beta decay schemes encountered among the short-lived fission fragments.
