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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.
W. K. Anderson, D. N. Dunning
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 4 | Number 3 | September 1958 | Pages 458-466
Symposium on Reactor Control Materials | doi.org/10.13182/NSE58-A25542
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Europium oxide and gadolinium oxide-stainless steel cermets in ranges of 5 to 30 wt % rare earth oxide have been irradiated in the MTR. Free beam bend samples of 5, 20, 25, and 30 wt % Eu2O3-stainless steel cermets and 14 wt % Gd2O3-stainless steel cermets were irradiated in the MTR for times ranging from 2 to 5 cycles. Little damage was noted in the irradiated Gd2O3-stain-less steel cermets after irradiation. Damage to the irradiated Eu2O3-stainless steel cermets appeared to be a function of radiation time and concentrations. Metallographic samples of unirradiated and irradiated samples representing each test are included.
