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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.
Russell D. Mosteller, Laurence D. Eisenhart, Robert C. Little, Walter J. Eich, Jason Chao
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 107 | Number 3 | March 1991 | Pages 265-271
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE91-A23789
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The Doppler coefficient of reactivity is a crucial parameter in the evaluation of several transients in light water reactors (LWRs). It is relatively small in magnitude and cannot be measured directly in operating reactors. Doppler coefficients are presented for slightly idealized pressurized water reactor pin cells. These coefficients were calculated with the MCNP-3A continuous-energy Monte Carlo code using data taken directly from the ENDF/B-V nuclear data library. This combination represents the most rigorous analytical tool and the best nuclear data available. Consequently, these results comprise a set of numerical benchmarks that may be used to evaluate the accuracy of LWR lattice physics codes in predicting Doppler behavior at operating conditions. An example of one such evaluation, using the CELL-2 code, is included.