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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.
R. Wervelman,H. Postma,K. Abrahams, F. Stecher-Rasmussen,G. J. Davids, G. J. C. Bots
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 102 | Number 4 | August 1989 | Pages 428-431
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE89-A23653
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At 24.5-keV neutron energy, the radiative capture of neutrons proceeds with only a few parts per million compared to the scattering and (n,p) reactions. Nevertheless, the radiative capture is of interest in the study of fusion reactions, which occur in the sun or in fusion reactors. This reaction yields very high energy (20.6-MeV) gamma rays, which are outstanding above any background and therefore may be of diagnostic value in fusion reactor research. A cross-section value σnγ (24.5 keV) = 9.2 ± 2.0 µb is obtained, which is in good agreement with the value 12 ± 6 µb from earlier literature.