Fifty years with nuclear fission. Volume 1
- eds.; National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
The news of the discovery of nuclear fission, by Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann in Germany, was brought to the United States by Niels Bohr in January 1939. Since its discovery, the United States, and the world for that matter, has never been the same. It therefore seemed appropriate to acknowledge the fifieth anniversary of its discovery by holding a topical meeting entitled, ``Fifty Years with Nuclear Fission,`` in the United States during the year 1989. The objective of the meeting was to bring together pioneers of the nuclear industry and other scientists and engineers to report on reminiscences of the past and on the more recent development in fission science and technology. The conference highlighted the early pioneers of the nuclear industry by dedicated a full day (April 26), consisting of two plenary sessions, at the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in Washington, DC. More recent developments in fission science and technology in addition to historical reflections were topics for two fully days of sessions (April 27 and 28) at the main site of the NIST in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The wide range of topics covered in this Volume 1 by this topical meeting included plenary invited, and contributed sessions entitled: Preclude to the First Chain Reaction -- 1932 to 1942; Early Fission Research -- Nuclear Structure and Spontaneous Fission; 50 Years of Fission, Science, and Technology; Nuclear Reactors, Secure Energy for the Future; Reactors 1; Fission Science 1; Safeguards and Space Applications; Fission Data; Nuclear Fission -- Its Various Aspects; Theory and Experiments in Support of Theory; Reactors and Safeguards; and General Research, Instrumentation, and By-Product. The individual papers have been cataloged separately.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- American Nuclear Society, La Grange Park, IL (United States); Department of Commerce, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-89NE34240
- OSTI ID:
- 10105971
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/NE/34240-1-Vol.1; CONF-890406-Vol.1; ON: UN92004899
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Fifty years with nuclear fission,Gaithersburg, MD (United States),25-28 Apr 1989; Other Information: PBD: 1989
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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