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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.
G. Benedetti, A. Cesana, V. Sangiust, M. Terrani, G. Sandrelli
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 80 | Number 3 | March 1982 | Pages 379-387
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE82-A19822
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The results of a measurement of periods and yields of delayed neutrons from “fast” fission of 237Np, 238Pu, 241Am, 233U, 240Pu, and 241Pu are presented. For the first three nuclides, only a few incomplete experimental data have been published, while for the others, relatively great discrepancies exist among the data. The present results are given in Keepin's six group representation. Since our instrumentation did not allow measurement of the yield in the sixth group, the values were calculated. The total yields obtained as the sum of the group yields are The consistency with known systematics of the total yields of delayed neutrons was checked and found generally to be good. When possible, the results were compared with those recommended by Tuttle in a recent compilation. The total yields of 240Pu and 241Pu were in very good agreement, but not for 233U. The agreement of the group yields was generally poor.