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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.
P. E. Hodgson, A. M. Kobos
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 89 | Number 2 | February 1985 | Pages 111-117
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE85-A18185
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A simple method of calculating the cross section for the inelastic scattering of neutrons by deformed nuclei is presented. The compound nucleus and direct interaction contributions are evaluated, and approximate provision is made for the competing effects of radiative capture and fission processes. The method is used for analyzing the scattering of 0.2- to 5-MeV neutrons by 238U to both discrete and continuum states.
