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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.
R. T. Santoro, J. M. Barnes, R. G. Alsmiller, Jr., P. D. Soran
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 84 | Number 3 | July 1983 | Pages 260-270
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE83-A17794
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Neutron and gamma-ray energy spectra resulting from the streaming of 14-MeV neutrons through a 0.30-m-diam duct (length-to-diameter ratio = 2.83) have been calculated using the Monte Carlo MCNP code. The calculated spectra are compared with measured data and data calculated previously using a combination of discrete ordinates and Monte Carlo methods. Comparisons are made at 12 detector locations on and off the duct axis for neutrons with energies above 850 keV and for gamma rays with energies above 750 keV. The neutron spectra calculated using MCNP agree with the measured data within ∼5 to ∼50%, depending on detector location and neutron energy. Agreement with the measured gamma-ray spectra is also within ∼5 to ∼50%. The spectra obtained with MCNP are also in favorable agreement with the previously calculated data and were obtained with less calculational effort.