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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.
W. Hage, D. M. Cifarelli
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 112 | Number 2 | October 1992 | Pages 136-158
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE92-A28410
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A mathematical model is derived for the factorial moments of the probability distribution of neutron signal multiplets within signal-triggered inspection intervals, detected with a paralyzing neutron dead-time counter. These moments are a function of the spontaneous fission rate, the (α ,n) reaction rate, the probability that a neutron generates an induced fission, the neutron detection probability, the dead time, and the nuclear physics data. Monte Carlo calculations are used to check the derived algorithms and the iterative procedure. This procedure is then applied to real measurement data of a PuO2 sample to obtain the correlated multiplets from the numerical values of the factorial moments.
