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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.
Y. L. Sandler, R. H. Kunig
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 77 | Number 2 | February 1981 | Pages 211-218
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A21354
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The solubility of iron and nickel from a nonstoichiometric nickel ferrite in a hydrogen-containing aqueous solution of 0.2 M boric acid was determined in a flow system between 330°C (626°F) and room temperature. The data are relevant to the dissolution and precipitation of corrosion products from the primary coolant system surfaces in pressurized water reactors during operation and cooldown. Solubility maxima of 4.2 ppm iron and 1.0 ppm nickel were obtained at 80°C (175°F). The results are shown to be consistent with published data for iron from magnetite in hydrochloric acid at the same pH between 330 and 120°C, but to be lower by a factor of 106 at room temperature. The low solubility in the low-temperature region suggests that a quasi-equilibrium can be established with a borated surface that passivates the ferrite substrate.