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Survey highlights how knowledge leads to support for nuclear energy
Ann Stouffer Bisconti has been surveying and analyzing the American public’s attitudes and knowledge about nuclear energy for more than four decades. Her research company’s 2024 survey proved to be especially revealing. “The 2024 National Nuclear Energy Public Opinion Survey contained such a wealth of information that I prepared nine reports” to cover all the collected data, she said.
Palanki Balakrishna, Chandru K. Asnani, R. M. Kartha, K. Ramachandran, K. Sarat Babu, Vaidyanathan Ravichandran, Bhallamudi Narasimha Murty, Chaitanyamoy Ganguly
Nuclear Technology | Volume 127 | Number 3 | September 1999 | Pages 375-381
Technical Paper | Materials for Nuclear Systems | doi.org/10.13182/NT99-A3007
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Ceramic powders for pressing and sintering are usually accepted after a sinterability test under standard conditions. However, powders not passing the standard test may still be successfully processed either by rework on the powder or by modifying the pressing and sintering conditions, achieving overall economy in production. Methods that have been developed for uranium dioxide powder are presented. A compaction map has been proposed, with precompaction pressure and final compaction pressure as axes and defect and defect-free regions marked.