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No impact from Savannah River radioactive wasps
The news is abuzz with recent news stories about four radioactive wasp nests found at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina. The site has been undergoing cleanup operations since the 1990s related to the production of plutonium and tritium for defense purposes during the Cold War. Cleanup activities are expected to continue into the 2060s.
S. G. Glendinning, S. El-Kadi, C. E. Nelson, R. S. Pedroni, F. O. Purser, R. L. Walter, A. G. Beyerle, C. R. Gould, L. W. Seagondollar, P. Thambidurai
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 80 | Number 2 | February 1982 | Pages 256-262
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE82-A21429
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Neutron cross sections have been measured for 10B and 11B. Elastic angular distribution data for 10B are reported for incident neutron energies of 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0, 12.0, 13.0, and 14.0 MeV. Elastic scattering data and inelastic scattering data for states at excitation energies of 2.14, 4.46, and 5.04 MeV in 11B are reported for incident neutron energies of 8.0, 9.0, 9.7, 9.9, 11.0, 12.0, 13.0, and 14.0 MeV. Legendre coefficients for angular distributions are obtained. All data are corrected for finite geometry and multiple scattering effects through a light-element Monte Carlo code. The angle integrated data for 11B are in disagreement with ENDF/B-IV for the higher neutron energies.
