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NEI chief executive highlights “unlimited potential” for nuclear in state of the industry address
Korsnick
In the Nuclear Energy Institute’s annual State of the Nuclear Energy Industry report, NEI president and CEO and Maria Korsnick expressed optimism about the nuclear industry and she issued a call to action.
Her address was part of NEI’s Nuclear Energy Policy forum. The forum, being held in Washington, D.C., on May 20 and May 21, brings together industry leaders, policy stakeholders, and clean energy experts to discuss nuclear advocacy. Korsnick’s remarks focused on the private capital flowing into the industry, progress on regulatory reform and new nuclear technology, and how the U.S. is trying to take the lead on the global nuclear stage.
“We are here at an unprecedented time in our industry history,” Korsnick said. “I’m proud to say that the nuclear industry has a future of unlimited potential.”
Ralph-D. Von Dincklage
Nuclear Technology | Volume 56 | Number 3 | March 1982 | Pages 591-593
Technical Note | Analyse | doi.org/10.13182/NT82-A32918
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With the help of an α-ray-L-x-ray coincidence setup, elemental and isotopical concentrations of alpha-emitting isotopes can be measured. This method seems to be appropriate for analyzing complex alpha spectra. The anticipated coincidence counting rate is derived from atomic and nuclear properties for different actinides isotopes. It ranges from 1 to 107 s-1 per isotope and gram of spent reactor fuel (40 GWd/t, with a 3-yr cooling time). For the heavier actinides, this rate surpasses the random coincidence counting rate (∼1 × 103 s-1), thus the feasibility of the method can be expected. Uranium and plutonium, however, are not detectable in the presence of the heavier actinides.
