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How to talk about nuclear
In your career as a professional in the nuclear community, chances are you will, at some point, be asked (or volunteer) to talk to at least one layperson about the technology you know and love. You might even be asked to present to a whole group of nonnuclear folks, perhaps as a pitch to some company tangential to your company’s business. So, without further ado, let me give you some pointers on the best way to approach this important and surprisingly complicated task.
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An Analytical Approach to Continuous Reactor Refueling
S. Yasukawa
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 1 | January 1969 | Pages 1-13
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21110
The Thermal Utilization in Noncylindrical Reactor Cells Containing a Cylindrical Fuel Rod
Joel Adir and John R. Lamarsh
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 1 | January 1969 | Pages 14-26
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21111
Critical Experiments for the Repetitively Pulsed Reactor SORA
G. Kistner and J. T. Mihalczo
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 1 | January 1969 | Pages 27-44
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21112
Moderator Studies for a Repetitively Pulsed Test Facility (RPTF)
R. G. Fluharty, F. B. Simpson, and G. J. Russell, J. H. Menzel
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 1 | January 1969 | Pages 45-69
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21113
Pulsed-Neutron Diffusion Parameters in Spherical Water Systems
Shawky F. Nassar and Glenn Murphy
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 1 | January 1969 | Pages 70-79
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21114
Slow-Neutron Scattering by Diphenyl
D. Sprevak and J. U. Koppel
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 1 | January 1969 | Pages 80-87
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21115
The Thermal-Neutron Activation Cross Sections and Resonance Integrals for 128Te (n,γ) 129gTe and 128Te(n,γ)129mTe
Vera Maxia, Edoardo Orvini, and Mario A. Rollier
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 1 | January 1969 | Pages 88-90
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21116
The Neutron Spectrum from a Fission Source in Graphite
A. E. Profio, H M. Antúunez, and D. L Huffman
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 1 | January 1969 | Pages 91-103
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21117
An Improved Neutron Decay Spectrometer
T. L. Yang and T. F. Parkinson
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 1 | January 1969 | Pages 104-112
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21118
Gamma-Ray Transmission Through Inhomogeneous Layers
G. W Hinman
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 1 | January 1969 | Pages 113-117
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21119
Longitudinal Hydraulic Wave Phenomena in Fuel Assemblies Consisting of Concentric Fuel Elements
Robert S. Wick
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 1 | January 1969 | Pages 118-126
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21120
An Experimental Study of Vibration of Flexible Cylinders Induced by Nominally Axial Flow
M. P. Paidoussis
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 1 | January 1969 | Pages 127-138
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21121
Sn Calculation of Highly Forward Peaked Neutron Angular Fluxes Using Asymmetrical Quadrature Sets
R. J. Cerbone and K. D. Lathrop
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 1 | January 1969 | Pages 139-141
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21122
Perturbation Methods in Nuclear Reactors from the Importance Conservation Principle
A. Gandini
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 1 | January 1969 | Pages 141-144
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21123
Experimental Anisotropic Source Distribution for Spatially Dependent Thermal-Neutron Spectrum Calculations
Tsahi Gozani and G. D. Trimble
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 1 | January 1969 | Pages 144-149
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21124
Neutron Source Inversion Levels and Source-Drop Technique for Negative Reactivity Measurements
E. Pedretti
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 1 | January 1969 | Pages 149-152
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21125
Neutron-Wave Propagation Through a Crystalline Moderator—III: Ice
S. P. Tewari and L. S. Kothari
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 1 | January 1969 | Pages 152-154
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21126
Some Similarities Between Boiling and Condensing Flow
Louis M. Shotkin
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 1 | January 1969 | Pages 154-156
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21127
Surface Depletion in the Vacuum Distillation of Metals from Bismuth
R. F. Bradley, D. S. Webster
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 2 | February 1969 | Pages 159-164
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21131
Simplified Analysis of Coolant Flow and Outlet Temperature in Gas-Cooled Nuclear Reactor Cores
G. Melese-d'Hospital
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 2 | February 1969 | Pages 165-175
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21132
Linear Dynamics Model for Steam Cooled Fast Power Reactors
Heinz Vollmer
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 2 | February 1969 | Pages 176-189
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21133
Two-Phase Fluid Modeling—The Critical Heat Flux
F. W. Staub
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 2 | February 1969 | Pages 190-199
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21134
An Integrated Analytical Model for the Evaluation of Two-Phase Flow Stability
Niels Kjaer-Pedersen
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 2 | February 1969 | Pages 200-210
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21135
Instability Bounds in Linearly Stable Systems
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 2 | February 1969 | Pages 211-219
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21136
Shielding of Neutrons from 80-MeV Alpha-Particle Bombardment of Tantalum
William W. Wadman III
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 2 | February 1969 | Pages 220-226
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21137
Time Spectra from Spheres Pulsed with 14-MeV Neutrons
Luisa F. Hansen, John D. Anderson, Eugene Goldberg, Ernest F. Plechaty, Marion L. Stelts, Calvin Wong
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 2 | February 1969 | Pages 227-239
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21138
An Analysis of the Time-Dependent Neutron Transport Equation with Delayed Neutrons by the Method of Matched Asymptotic Expansions
W. L. Hendry, G. I. Bell
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 2 | February 1969 | Pages 240-248
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21139
Reactor-Noise Analysis: The Covariance Method via Polarity Detection
Nicola Pacilio
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 2 | February 1969 | Pages 249-258
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21140
Measurement of the Thermal-Neutron Extrapolation Length in a Pulsed Water System
S. Shalev, G. Shani, Z. Fishelson, and Y. Ronen
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 2 | February 1969 | Pages 259-266
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21141
Critical Measurements on an Enriched Uranium Solution System
Robert E. Rothe
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 2 | February 1969 | Pages 267-276
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21142
The Effect of Linearly Anisotropic Neutron Scattering on Disadvantage Factor Calculations
G. R. Bond, C. E. Siewert
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 2 | February 1969 | Pages 277-282
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21143
Modeling Relationships for Radiation Transport Within Ducts and Other Cavities in Shields
Justo Diaz, A. B. Chilton
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 2 | February 1969 | Pages 283-285
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21144
Analysis of the Dieaway of Prompt Neutrons with Two-Group Time-Dependent Diffusion Equation in Reflected Reactors
R. A. Karam
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 2 | February 1969 | Pages 285-289
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21145
A Method for Treating the Neutron Leakage in Small Exponential Cores
Hans Ludewig
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 2 | February 1969 | Pages 289-295
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21146
Monte Carlo Interpretation of a 238U Spherical Shell Transmission Experiment at 23 keV
L. B. Miller, W. P. Poenitz
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 2 | February 1969 | Pages 295-297
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21147
Multilevel Effects on Infinite Dilution Resonance Integrals
E. M. Pennington, D. A. Sargis
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 2 | February 1969 | Pages 297-298
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A21148
Extremum Variational Principles for the Monoenergetic Neutron Transport Equation with Arbitrary Adjoint Source
A. J. Buslik
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 3 | March 1969 | Pages 303-318
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A20009
Space-Time Kinetics for Heterogeneous Reactor Models
Genn Saji, Roy A. Axford
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 3 | March 1969 | Pages 319-331
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A20010
Application of Laguerre Polynomials in the Analysis of Neutron-Wave Propagation
J. H. Warner, Jr., R. C. Erdmann
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 3 | March 1969 | Pages 332-341
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A20011
Axial Propagation of Neutron Waves in Heterogeneous Media
M. A. Quddus, R. G. Cochran, D. E. Emon
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 3 | March 1969 | Pages 342-349
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A20012
Energy-Dependent Shielding Factors for 235U Foils from Transmission Experiments
R. L. Bramblett, J. B. Czirr
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 3 | March 1969 | Pages 350-357
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A20013
Material Buckling Measurements with 2.1 wt% 235U Enriched Uranium Tubes in Light Water
C. L. Brown, L. E. Hansen, H. Toffer
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 3 | March 1969 | Pages 358-363
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A20014
Average s- and p-Wave Resonance Parameters of 115In and 127I
A. Keith Furr and John R. Tucker
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 3 | March 1969 | Pages 364-370
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A20015
Neutron Dose Rate Attenuation by Iron and Lead
K. Shure, J. A. O'Brien, D. M. Rothberg
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 3 | March 1969 | Pages 371-375
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A20016
Fast-Neutron Spectrum and Dose-Rate Measurements in Water and Aluminum-Water Laminations
G. I. Coulbourn, T. G. Williamson
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 3 | March 1969 | Pages 376-383
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A20017
Effects of Condensation on the Transport of Matter from Vapor and Noncondensable Gas Mixtures
M. Necati Özişik, Daniel Hughes
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 3 | March 1969 | Pages 384-393
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A20018
The Effect of Coolant pH on Reactor Reactivity
N. G. Sjöstrand
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 3 | March 1969 | Pages 394-395
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A20019
A Nonlinear Xenon Stability Criterion for a Spatially Dependent Reactor Model
Weston M. Stacey, Jr.
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 3 | March 1969 | Pages 395-396
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A20020
Review of Epithermal Integral Measurements of Neutron Capture end Fission in 233U
S. B. Gunst, D. E. Conway
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 3 | March 1969 | Pages 396-398
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A20021
A Comprehensive System for Computer Gain Changing of Scintillation Spectra
J. J. Steyn, D. G. Andrews
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 3 | March 1969 | Pages 399-401
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A20022
Differential Dose Albedo for Fast Neutrons
Y. T. Song, C. M. Huddleston, A. B. Chilton
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 3 | March 1969 | Pages 401-405
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A20023
The Effects of Multiple Coulomb Scattering and Range Straggling in Shielding Against Solar-Flare Protons
R. G. Alsmiller, Jr., J. Barish, W. W. Scott
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 3 | March 1969 | Pages 405-406
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A20024
The Attenuation of Space Protons by Thin Cylindrical Shell and Slab Disk Shields
Richard Madey, G. Thomas Huetter
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 35 | Number 3 | March 1969 | Pages 406-408
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A20025