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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.
C. A. Brandon, D. R. Cuneo, G. B. Engle, E. L. Long, Jr.
Nuclear Technology | Volume 4 | Number 1 | January 1968 | Pages 23-30
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT68-A26348
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An experimental assembly to study irradiation effects on the compatibility of BeO with graphite at 1500°C held one-inch-diameter rings of BeO and graphite in close contact for nine-months exposure at 1200 to 1500°C for a neutron dose of 1 × 1021 n/cm2 (E > 0.18 MeV). Postirradiation evaluations indicated that no chemical reaction had occurred. The components of the irradiated assembly were sampled and analyzed for 6Li. It was found that a massive BeO component (1-in. diam by 4.5-in. long) retained a major portion of the 6Li which was generated within it during the irradiation. No gross radiation-induced physical damage was observed in either the BeO or the graphite components. The physical changes observed were in general agreement with previously reported results.