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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.”
A. Smith, P. Guenther, J. Whalen
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 75 | Number 1 | July 1980 | Pages 69-75
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE80-A20319
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Neutron total cross sections of elemental bismuth were measured with broad resolutions from 1.2 to 4.5 MeV to accuracies of ∼1%. Neutron differential elastic scattering cross sections were measured from 1.5 to 4.0 MeV at incident neutron energy intervals of ≲0.2 MeV over the scattered neutron angular range ∼20 to 160 deg. Differential neutron cross sections for the excitation of observed states in bismuth at 895 ± 12, 1606 ± 14, 2590 ± 15, 2762 ± 29, 3022 ± 21, and 3144 ± 15 keV were determined at incident neutron energies up to 4.0 Me V. The measured values were interpreted in terms of an optical-statistical model.