ANS is committed to advancing, fostering, and promoting the development and application of nuclear sciences and technologies to benefit society.
Explore the many uses for nuclear science and its impact on energy, the environment, healthcare, food, and more.
Explore membership for yourself or for your organization.
Conference Spotlight
2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Latest Magazine Issues
Mar 2026
Jan 2026
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
April 2026
Nuclear Technology
February 2026
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
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. L. Macklin
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 89 | Number 1 | January 1985 | Pages 79-86
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE85-A17885
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Neutron capture measurements were made on a sample of fission product palladium at the Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator time-of-flight facility. One hundred thirty resonance peaks were parameterized up to 3.5 keV and the average cross section from 3 to 600 keV was derived. The data exceed the ENDF/B-Vevaluation by ∼25% in the 3- to 300-keV range but drop steeply below it at higher energies where neutron inelastic-scattering competition becomes important. The Maxwellian average cross section for kT = 30 keV is calculated as 1.34 ± 0.06 b, and the dilute resonance capture integral as 108.1 ± 4.3 b.