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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.
W. D. Burch, E. D. Arnold, A. Chetham-Strode
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 17 | Number 3 | November 1963 | Pages 438-442
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE63-A17395
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Gram quantities of many of the transuranium elements through californium-252 will be produced for research purposes in a production program centered at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Plutonium-242 produced in the Savannah River production reactors will be transmuted to various higher actinide isotopes in the High Flux Isotope Reactor (thermal flux—3 × 1015 neutrons/ cm2-sec) and recovered in the adjoining Transuranium Processing Plant. Calculations which optimized the production scheme are presented. The intermediate goal of the program, production of one gram of Cf252, should be accomplished by 1968.
