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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. H. Zinn, H. Lichtenberger, M. Novick, G. K. Whitham, C. J. B. Zitek, J. G. Feldes, V. C. Hall, Jr., R. O. Haroldsen
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 1 | Number 5 | October 1956 | Pages 420-437
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE56-A28779
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The Borax-III power system operated for about 1170 hours at 300 psig. The steam generated in the reactor was fed directly to a turbine. Tests were conducted on maintaining the pH and quality of the reactor water. Checks were made on the carryover of activity into portions of the system external to the reactor vessel. Neither of these points appear to be major problems in a direct cycle boiling system. Water decomposition was measured under various water conditions.