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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.
Farno L. Green, A. Somerville
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 7 | Number 4 | April 1960 | Pages 320-322
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE60-A25723
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A standard NaI (Tl) scintillation crystal is used continuously to count gamma rays from Fe59 which is dispersed in lubricating oil at 270°F. The crystal is mounted in a water-cooled jacket which also serves as a light shield. The crystal and jacket assembly is placed in a well-type sample holder. The system may be used for counting liquids at temperatures much higher than 300°F by increasing the flow of water or by using a refrigerated coolant. Resolution is adequate for counting two gamma rays. The temperature of the electronics cabinet which contains conventional instrumentation is maintained at 105°F by Nichrome heater elements. Less than one per cent drift occurs when the temperature surrounding the cabinet varies from 70–100°F.