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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.
H. F. Henry, J. C. Bailey, R. C. Rohr
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 5 | Number 5 | May 1959 | Pages 285-290
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE59-A25600
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The radioactive In116 produced by the In115(n,γ ) In116 reaction has been utilized in a simple personnel monitoring device at the ORGDP for several years as a method for estimating the total radiation dosage received in the event of a possible accidental nuclear reaction. A 1-gm indium foil is placed in a standard plastic security badge; after a suspected exposure to an accidental burst, this foil is monitored by a β-γ survey meter, and the reading obtained used to determine the estimated dosage. A time-after-exposure correction factor is also used. For calibration of indium foil, an exposure to a light-water moderated critical reactor of highly enriched uranyl fluoride was evaluated and the results are indicated briefly. An instantaneous exposure of about 60 mrad is detectable immediately after an exposure even with the unsplit badges and one of about 120 mrad is detectable an hour after the occurrence.