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Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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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.
J. C. Guyot, G. H. Miley, J. T. Verdeyen
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 48 | Number 4 | August 1972 | Pages 373-386
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE72-A22505
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The transport of heavy charged particles produced by the 10B (n,α) nuclear reaction is predicted using a mean-range straight-flight model. The slowing down of these particles in a gas adjacent to the coating where they are born is described in terms of their flux energy spectrum, scalar flux, average energy, and energy-loss rate. These results are used in a plasma kinetics model which is compared to measurements of metastable excited state densities in helium and neon plasmas created by the heavy charged particles. The space-dependent fast primary electron (δ ray) energy spectrum produced by the heavy charged particles in helium is calculated, as well as the total number of fast primary electrons and their average kinetic energy.
