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Countering the nuclear workforce shortage narrative
James Chamberlain, director of the Nuclear, Utilities, and Energy Sector at Rullion, has declared that the nuclear industry will not have workforce challenges going forward. “It’s time to challenge the scarcity narrative,” he wrote in a recent online article. “Nuclear isn't short of talent; it’s short of imagination in how it attracts, trains, and supports the workforce of the future.”
O. A. Wasson, R. A. Schrack, G. P. Lamaze
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 68 | Number 2 | November 1978 | Pages 170-182
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE78-A27287
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The common features used in the measurement 6Li(n,α), 10B(n,αγ), and 235U(n,f) cross sections presented in three subsequent papers are described. The experiments were performed on the 200-m flight path of the National Bureau of Standards Linac and cover the neutron energy region from 5 to 800 keV. The neutron flux monitor was a hydrogen-filled gas proportional counter located at the end of the flight path, while the primary detectors specific to each of the three cross-section measurements were placed 70 m along the flight path. The properties of the neutron source, the detailed operation of the flux monitor, the data acquisition system, and the data analysis procedure are described. The systematic errors in the neutron flux measurement are given.