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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.
H. H. Hassan, G. H. Miley
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 40 | Number 3 | June 1970 | Pages 449-459
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE70-A20196
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Space-time nuclear reactor kinetic calculations based on the well-known computer program WIGLE are compared with measurements from neutron-pulse-propagation experiments. Transients were induced in a heavy-water-moderated, natural uranium subcritical assembly using a coupling extending through a graphite thermal column to a pulsed TRIGA reactor. Results are reported for five keff values ranging from 0 to 0.92, involving cases both with and without cadmium control rods inserted. A unit-cell-homogenization technique was adopted for analysis purposes, with special attention being given to proper parameter assignment, such as neutron velocity averaging. Calculation results compare favorably with experimental results for the interior of the assembly; however, differences as large as 7% are noted near interfaces or boundaries.