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Hash Hashemian: Visionary leadership
As Dr. Hashem M. “Hash” Hashemian prepares to step into his term as President of the American Nuclear Society, he is clear that he wants to make the most of this unique moment.
A groundswell in public approval of nuclear is finding a home in growing governmental support that is backed by a tailwind of technological innovation. “Now is a good time to be in nuclear,” Hashemian said, as he explained the criticality of this moment and what he hoped to accomplish as president.
R. K. Paschall
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 26 | Number 1 | September 1966 | Pages 73-79
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE66-A17189
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The age of fission neutrons to indium resonance energy (1.46 eV) was measured in mixtures of aluminum and water. Three different volume ratios of metal-to-water were investigated. The technique of a finite-plane fission source with essentially infinite-plane detectors was used previously at this laboratory to measure the age in pure water, mixtures of zirconium and water, and mixtures of iron and water. Similar to the iron-water mixtures, but in contrast to the zirconium water mixtures, the general curve of age vs metal-to-water ratio is not a linear function with aluminum-water mixtures. The curvature is caused by inelastic scattering in the iron and aluminum. For metal-to-water ratios of 0.25, 0.50, and 1.0, this experiment gave ages of 33.9 ± 0.6 cm2, 43.2 ± 0.8 cm2, and 59.6 ± 0.9 cm2, respectively.