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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.
Raymond E. Alcouffe, Thomas J. Hirons, R. Douglas O'Dell
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 43 | Number 2 | February 1971 | Pages 173-185
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE71-A21265
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A technique is demonstrated which is an alternative to the necessity of using many groups in order to perform an accurate fuel-cycle analysis on a fast breeder. This is accomplished by the consistent use of a space-dependent spectrum computed at the beginning-of-life of the system. The information thus generated is useful throughout the life of the system and allows an accurate and efficient analysis with very few energy groups. This technique is developed concisely for a finite differenced system of equations by the method of weighted residuals.