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In commercial nuclear power, there has always been a deliberate tension between the regulator and the utility owner. The regulator fundamentally exists to protect the worker, and the utility, to make a profit. It is a win-win balance.
From the U.S. nuclear industry has emerged a brilliantly successful occupational nuclear safety record—largely the result of an ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) process that has driven exposure rates down to what only a decade ago would have been considered unthinkable. In the U.S. nuclear industry, the system has accomplished an excellent, nearly seamless process that succeeds to the benefit of both employee and utility owner.
Y. Boneh, S. Goshen, Z. Karpas, O. Shahal, A. Wolf
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 86 | Number 1 | January 1984 | Pages 106-109
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE84-A17973
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The neutron yields from several uranium compounds were measured, using a 3He detector. The results are compared to calculations based on the known “stopping power” for alpha particles and the thick target yield for (α, n) reactions of fluorine and oxygen. Good agreement is obtained between the calculated and measured results. It is thus argued that the method of calculation used can be confidently applied to predict the neutron yield of compounds containing alpha-emitting atoms and (α, n) productive elements. The possibility of online detection of impurities, such as UO3 or UO2F2 in UF4, in the production of uranium fuel rods is discussed.
