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EPA administrator Lee Zeldin talks the future of nuclear
In a recent interview on New York radio station 77 WABC, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Lee Zeldin talked with host John Catsimatidis about the near-term future of the domestic nuclear industry and the role the EPA will play in the sector.
Catsimatidis kicked off the interview by asking if the U.S. will be able to reach total energy independence. Zeldin responded by saying that decreasing energy dependence on other countries, especially adversaries, was a top priority for him and the Trump administration.
Janet S. Merritt, J. G. V. Taylor, A. W. Boyd
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 28 | Number 2 | May 1967 | Pages 286-292
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE67-A17479
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The 2200 m/sec neutron cross section for deuterium has been determined relative to that for 59Co by absolute counting of the 3H and 80Co produced by neutron irradiation. The result, expressed in terms of the 2200 m/sec cross section for 59Co in b, and of the tritium half-life in years, is (1.104 ± 0.014 × 10-3) [σ0(59Co)] [t1/2(3H)] mb. Assuming σ0(59Co) = 37.4 ± 0.3 b and t1/2(3H) = 12.262 ± 0.004 years, gives σ0 (D) = 0.506 ± 0.010 mb. The standard deviation of the mean value from 8 irradiations was ± 0.2%.
