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Going Nuclear: Notes from the officially unofficial book tour
I work in the analytical labs at one of Europe’s oldest and largest nuclear sites: Sellafield, in northwestern England. I spend my days at the fume hood front, pipette in one hand and radiation probe in the other (and dosimeter pinned to my chest, of course). Outside the lab, I have a second job: I moonlight as a writer and public speaker. My new popular science book—Going Nuclear: How the Atom Will Save the World—came out last summer, and it feels like my life has been running at full power ever since.
Roald A. Schrack
Nuclear Technology | Volume 67 | Number 2 | November 1984 | Pages 326-332
Technical Paper | Analyse | doi.org/10.13182/NT84-A33520
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The use of resonance neutron radiography as a means of monitoring the amount of 235U in waste material is investigated. A matrix material simulating incinerator ash is inoculated with 235U in concentrations ranging from 4.8 × 10−4 to 4.6 × 10−3 g/cm3. The observed uncertainty agrees well with an analytical model and ranges from 16% for the lowest concentration to 2.5% for the highest concentration. The effect of inhomogeneity of matrix and sample is determined and found to be in agreement with analytical models. The technique is demonstrated on sample sizes ranging from 2-ℓ bottles to 55-gal drums.