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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.
John H. Lynch, Richard J. Crum, Harry J. Reilly
Nuclear Technology | Volume 5 | Number 6 | December 1968 | Pages 456-463
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT68-A27971
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The ratio of gamma heating in tungsten to that in an equal volume of water is calculated for the case of a thin tungsten detector in a water shield. One-dimensional transport-theory calculations yielded response polynomials that predict this ratio as a function of source energy, shield thickness, and detector thickness. Electron transport effects and useful results are presented in the form of graphs.
