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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.
J. K. Dickens, T. A. Love, G. L. Morgan
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 53 | Number 3 | March 1974 | Pages 277-284
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE74-A23353
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Gamma-ray spectra were obtained at θy = 125 deg for reactions involving neutron interactions with a sample of natural calcium. Cross sections for the production of gamma rays have been deduced from these spectra as a function of both neutron and photon energy. The data were obtained using a Nal spectrometer system and the Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator as the neutron source. The experimental results have been compared with predictions based on the gamma-ray files of the current Defense Nuclear Agency evaluation for calcium (Mat 4152 Mod 3) and with previous experimental data. Although there is generally good (15%) agreement, important differences are discussed.