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Senate committee hears from energy secretary nominee Chris Wright
Wright
Chris Wright, president-elect Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Energy, spent hours today fielding questions from members of the U.S. Senate’s committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
During the hearing, Wright—who’s spent most of his career in fossil fuels—made comments in support of nuclear energy and efforts to expand domestic generation in the near future. Asked what actions he would take as energy secretary to improve the development and deployment of SMRs, Wright said: “It’s a big challenge, and I’m new to government, so I can’t list off the five levers I can pull. But (I’ve been in discussions) about how to make it easier to research, to invest, to build things. The DOE has land at some of its facilities that can be helpful in this regard.”
M. Viennot, M. Berrada, G. Paic, S. Joly
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 108 | Number 3 | July 1991 | Pages 289-301
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE87-157
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Cross sections of (n,p) and (n,np +pn + d) reactions have been measured at neutron energies near 14 MeV for 46,47,48,50Ti, 52,53Cr, 54,56,57,58 Fe, 59 Co, 50,60,61,62Ni, and 64,66,67,68Zn by means of the activation technique relative to the well-known 27Al(n,p)27Mg or 27Al (n,α) 24Na reaction cross sections. The samples are made of natural elements mixed with aluminum oxide (Al2O3), both in powder form. Gamma rays emitted by the residual radioactive nuclei are detected with a Ge(Li) detector in close contact with the sample. The data are compared with recently measured and calculated cross sections.
