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Growth beyond megawatts
Hash Hashemianpresident@ans.org
When talking about growth in the nuclear sector, there can be a somewhat myopic focus on increasing capacity from year to year. Certainly, we all feel a degree of excitement when new projects are announced, and such announcements are undoubtedly a reflection of growth in the field, but it’s important to keep in mind that growth in nuclear has many metrics and takes many forms.
Nuclear growth—beyond megawatts—also takes the form of increasing international engagement. That engagement looks like newcomer countries building their nuclear sectors for the first time. It also looks like countries with established nuclear sectors deepening their connections and collaborations. This is one of the reasons I have been focused throughout my presidency on bringing more international members and organizations into the fold of the American Nuclear Society.
H. Naik, R. J. Singh, S. P. Dange, W. Jang
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 196 | Number 6 | June 2022 | Pages 694-714
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2021.2014753
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The cumulative yields of fission products within the mass range of 83 to 119 and 123 to 158 have been measured in the epi-cadmium neutron-induced fission of 243Am by using an off-line gamma-ray spectrometric technique. Mass chain yields were obtained from the cumulative yields of the fission products by applying the charge distribution correction. From the mass yield data, the full-width at tenth-maximum of the light and heavy mass wing, the peak-to-valley (P/V) ratio, the average light mass <AL> and heavy mass <AH>, and the average number of neutrons <ν> were obtained. The mass yield data in the 243Am(n,f) reaction were compared with similar data in the 243Am(nth,f) and 243Am(n16.5 MeV,f) reactions to examine the role of excitation energy on the nuclear structure effect and P/V ratio.