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Candidates for leadership provide statements: ANS Board of Directors
With the annual ANS election right around the corner, American Nuclear Society members will be going to the polls to vote for a vice president/president-elect, treasurer, and members-at-large for the Board of Directors. In January, Nuclear News published statements from candidates for vice president/president-elect and treasurer. This month, we are featuring statements from each nominee for the Board of Directors.
P. Philbin, F. Senftle, D. Duffey, P. Wiggins, A. G. Evans
Nuclear Technology | Volume 12 | Number 4 | December 1971 | Pages 404-406
Technical Note | Material | doi.org/10.13182/NT71-A30991
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A comparison is made of the experimental neutron capture background from 3 to l0 MeV of two 252Cf neutron sources, one encapsulated in stainless steel and one in Zircaloy-2. The background of the Zircaloy-2 source was significantly lower than for the stainless steel source above 6 MeV because of the absence of the high energy capture gamma peaks due to iron, chromium, and nickel. Below 5 MeV, the californium fission gamma rays are the major source of interference.
