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EPA administrator Lee Zeldin talks the future of nuclear
In a recent interview on New York radio station 77 WABC, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Lee Zeldin talked with host John Catsimatidis about the near-term future of the domestic nuclear industry and the role the EPA will play in the sector.
Catsimatidis kicked off the interview by asking if the U.S. will be able to reach total energy independence. Zeldin responded by saying that decreasing energy dependence on other countries, especially adversaries, was a top priority for him and the Trump administration.
G. G. Simons, A. P. Olson
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 53 | Number 2 | February 1974 | Pages 176-196
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE74-A23343
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Absolute gamma-ray heating was investigated in Assembly 2 of the Zero Power Plutonium Reactor (during operation in support of the Demonstration Reactor Benchmark critical program). Three loading configurations were studied: loading 90, normal plate core; loading 156, core with central control rod of boron carbide plus sodium; and loading 157, core with central control rod of tantalum plus sodium. All measurements were made with 7LiF thermoluminescent dosimeters encapsulated in a variety of electron-equilibrium sleeves, and the results are compared with calculated doses. This paper gives details of both the experimental procedures and the calculational techniques used to obtain gamma-radiation dose distributions.
