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Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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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.”
Donald L. Smith, J. W. Meadows, Frank F. Porta
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 78 | Number 4 | August 1981 | Pages 420-424
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A21378
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
An experimental facility has been developed for short-half-life neutron activation studies. Sample material is transported between the irradiation position and the counting position by a constant-velocity cog belt. This facility has been used to measure the 53Cr(n,p)52V cross section relative to the 52Cr(n,p)52V cross section below 9.4 MeV, using elemental chromium metal as a sample material. The measured ratios and previously reported cross-section information for the 52Cr(n,p)52V have been used to derive values for the 53Cr(n,p)53V cross section. The 235U thermal-neutron fission spectrum average has been calculated from the differential results, and comparison is made with reported integral data.
