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ANS and the U.K.’s NI announce reciprocal membership agreement
With President Trump on a state visit to the U.K., in part to sign a landmark new agreement on U.S.-U.K. nuclear collaboration, a flurry of transatlantic partnerships and deals bridging the countries’ nuclear sectors have been announced.
The American Nuclear Society is taking an active role in this bridge-building by forming a reciprocal membership agreement with the U.K.’s Nuclear Institute.
G. J. Pokorny, A. D. Paulsen
Nuclear Technology | Volume 12 | Number 1 | September 1971 | Pages 141-143
Technical Note | Radioisotope | doi.org/10.13182/NT71-A15907
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A semiautomatic device to hermetically seal radio-active samples in glass ampoules by a flameless method has been developed for use within an inert atmosphere glovebox. Sealing is performed by heating the open end of the ampoule with an electrical resistance heater, elevating the heated portion of the ampoule to the sealing position, and sealing the end with mechanically operated, electrically heated jaws. The method is rapid, automatic, and consistently forms helium mass spectrometer-tight seals.
