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Senate committee hears from energy secretary nominee Chris Wright
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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.”
Yoshitomo Uno, Yoshitomo Uwamino, Titik S. Soewarsono, Takashi Nakamura
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 122 | Number 2 | February 1996 | Pages 247-257
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE96-A24159
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Neutron activation cross sections between 15 and 40 MeV were measured by the activation method using a monoenergetic neutron field based on the 7Li(p,n)7Be reaction. Natural samples of carbon and cobalt, and separated isotope samples of 30Si, 47Ti, 48Ti, 52Cr and 58Ni were irradiated in the p-Li neutron fields generated by 20, 25, 30, 35, and 40 MeV protons. Neutron yields were determined from the amount of 7Be induced in the lithium target. The amount of 7Be was measured by observing the 0.478-MeV gamma rays of 7Be(T1/2 = 53.29 days) after the irradiation experiment. Cross sections of 12C(n,2n)11C, 30Si(n,np)29Al, 47Ti(n,np)46m+gSc, 48Ti(n,np)47Sc, 52Cr(n,2n)51Cr, 59Co(n,2n)58m+gCo, 59Co(n,3n)57Co, 59Co(n,4n)56Co, and 58Ni(n,2n)57Ni are reported.
