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’Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house
No electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged by the chimney with care
With the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
K. Behringer, B. Leoni, H. S. Pruys
Nuclear Technology | Volume 25 | Number 3 | March 1975 | Pages 572-575
Technical Paper | Analysis | doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24394
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In the D2O moderator of a reactor, a significant 17F activity is produced by the reaction 16O(d, n)17F with recoiling deuterons. Investigations in the DIORIT reactor have shown that this activity can be used within certain limits to monitor the nuclear power.
