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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.
Vera Maxia, Edoardo Orvini, and Mario A. Rollier
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 1 | January 1969 | Pages 88-90
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21116
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The thermal-neutron capture cross sections for the reactions 128Te (n,γ) 129gTe and 128Te (n,γ) 129mTe have been measured by a neutron activation method, using gold as a standard. Samples of powdered tellurium enriched to 96.5% in 128Te were measured by gamma spectrometry. The found values are 199.7 ± 8 and 16.1 ± 0.7 mb, respectively. The resonance integrals have been calculated by irradiating tellurium and gold, or cobalt, with and without cadmium covers; their values are 1.48 ± 0.13 b and 77.4 ± 5.2 mb, respectively.
