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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.
F. W. Staub
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 2 | February 1969 | Pages 190-199
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21134
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Modeling of two-phase hydrodynamic phenomena with a refrigerant (Freon) has been carried out for several years because of the lower cost of experimentation with this working fluid. Freon-12a modeling of the critical-heat-flux condition, a coupled hydrodynamic thermal phenomenon, has recently been reported. The effort described here represents an extension of the critical-heat-flux modeling work using Freon-22.b A recently proposed correlation method, comparing Freon and water data, has been modified, and good agreement is shown between water and Freon-22 test results in a round tube with and without a twisted ribbon insert. The modeling technique is also extended to cover inlet subcooling and the operating pressure effect. In addition, some liquid-metal and water critical-heat-flux data are compared.