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Nuclear Dirigo
On April 22, 1959, Rear Admiral George J. King, superintendent of the Maine Maritime Academy, announced that following the completion of the 1960 training cruise, cadets would begin the study of nuclear engineering. Courses at that time included radiation physics, reactor control and instrumentation, reactor theory and engineering, thermodynamics, shielding, core design, reactor maintenance, and nuclear aspects.
W. B. Lewis
Nuclear Technology | Volume 3 | Number 4 | April 1967 | Pages 222-225
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT67-A27760
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A mathematical model of coatings of finite thickness is developed. Diffusion into a virgin region occurs for a specified time; diffusion out from the nonuniformly contaminated region then takes place for another specified time. The amount of contamination is given as a function of time and position, and the integrated contamination is given as a function of time. Curves are presented to make the model useful for the experimental determination of the diffusion coefficient.
