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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.
János Gadó, István Vidovszky
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 104 | Number 3 | March 1990 | Pages 217-221
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE90-A23721
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Changes in the sign of the reactivity coefficient due to changes in the water density are very important in all water-moderated lattices. This sign is determined by the lattice parameters, such as the fuel enrichment and the lattice pitch. It is, of course, negative in undermoderated lattices. However, in special lattices, for example, in spent-fuel storage pools, this reactivity coefficient could be positive, even though one would predict a negative value from the lattice parameters. An example of this effect is presented, and the unexpected sign is explained.