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How to talk about nuclear
In your career as a professional in the nuclear community, chances are you will, at some point, be asked (or volunteer) to talk to at least one layperson about the technology you know and love. You might even be asked to present to a whole group of nonnuclear folks, perhaps as a pitch to some company tangential to your company’s business. So, without further ado, let me give you some pointers on the best way to approach this important and surprisingly complicated task.
Thomas H. Scott, John A. Wethington, Jr.
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 38 | Number 1 | October 1969 | Pages 48-52
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A19352
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The radiolysis of perfluorodimethylcyclohexane, C8F16, by gamma radiation, by reactor radiation, and by fission fragment radiation (C8F16 - UF6 solution exposed to reactor radiation) was studied. The principal products in the first two cases were dimeric molecules; however, small amounts of gaseous products including CF4, C2 F6, C2 F6O, C3F8, and C3F8O were found. In the latter case, the principal products were CF4, C2F6, and C2F6O. No polymeric materials were found. From the standpoint of the chemical nature of the products and of reaction kinetics, the effects of reactor radiations and gamma radiation were indistinguishable. These same considerations, applied to fission-fragment radiolysis, supported the assumption that the C8F16 molecule was shattered into tiny fragments which were then fluorinated to give simple fluorocarbon molecules.