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Countering the nuclear workforce shortage narrative
James Chamberlain, director of the Nuclear, Utilities, and Energy Sector at Rullion, has declared that the nuclear industry will not have workforce challenges going forward. “It’s time to challenge the scarcity narrative,” he wrote in a recent online article. “Nuclear isn't short of talent; it’s short of imagination in how it attracts, trains, and supports the workforce of the future.”
G. Winkler, Donald L. Smith, James W. Meadows
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 76 | Number 1 | October 1980 | Pages 30-42
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE80-A19290
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Cross sections for the 63Cu(n,α)60Co reaction have been measured by activation for neutron energies from threshold to 10 MeV relative to well-known 238U fission cross sections. The data obtained are compared with values from the literature and the resulting spectrum-averaged cross sections based on the new results are given for the 235U thermal fission and 252Cf spontaneous fission neutron field. The new results indicate that the long-standing discrepancy between differential and integral data for the reaction 63Cu(n,α)60Co has been eliminated.
