Public reactions to nuclear facilities.

Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities

clusters and nuclear facilities :

by Joel I. Cehn R«Leports of clusters of cases of disease, allegedly resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation, frequently appear in the press. To the laymen, these reports are difficult to interpret and are often frightening. How do we evaluate such reports? A cluster of disease cases refers to what appears to be an unusual increase in the number of cases. Such clusters can occur either in...

Nuclear Reactions

Public attitudes to nuclear energy

The last decade has seen a marked increase in public concern about nuclear energy. As a consequence, it is now recognized that the future of nuclear energy will not only depend on technical and economic factors, but that public acceptability of this technology will play a crucial role in its long-term future. This paper summarizes trends in public reactions to nuclear power in various countries...

Nuclear reactions and nuclear ̄ssion

1 Cross sections and reaction rates 2 Consider a thin target of thickness dx and number density of targets nt being bombarded by a beam of number density Nb moving at velocity v. Each target nucleus presents a target area 3⁄4 { if one of the bombarding particles passes within the area 3⁄4, interaction (scattering, for example) occurs, otherwise not. Now if the beam covers an area A, the fractio...