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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.
A. W. Hare, S. Aifant, F. A. Rough, D. I. Slnizer
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 10 | Number 1 | May 1961 | Pages 24-30
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE61-A25925
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The results of the postirradiation examinations on UC compounds having nominal compositions of 4.6, 4.8, and 5.0 w/o C continue to be encouraging after irradiation to approximate burnups of from 1000 to 15,000 MWD/Ton of U. Density changes were small varying from a minimum of 0.7% to a maximum of about 2.5%. Cracking has occurred in all specimens, however, it can probably be largely attributed to thermal stresses. Depletion of carbon is occurring in the specimens having the nominal 5 w/o C composition. Metallographic examination shows that these specimens appear to revert to the 4.8 w/o C stoichiometric composition. The fission gas retention properties of this material appear quite good. In all cases, the amount of fission gas released is comparable to the calculated amount released by recoil.