Fifty years with nuclear fission

Conference · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:6362978

Behrens, J W; Carlson, A D ^[1]

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1. eds.; National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (United States)

The news of the discovery of nucler 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 fiftieth 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 developments in fission science and technology. The conference highlighted the early pioneers of the nuclear industry by dedicating 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 full days of sessions (April 27 and 28) at the main sites of the NIST in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The wide range of topics covered by Volume 2 of this topical meeting included plenary invited, and contributed sessions entitled, Nuclear fission -- a prospective; reactors II; fission science II; medical and industrial applications by by-products; reactors and safeguards; general research, instrumentation, and by-products; and fission data, astrophysics, and space applications. The individual papers have been cataloged separately.

• Sponsoring Organization: ANS; DOC; American Nuclear Society, La Grange Park, IL (United States); Department of Commerce, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-89NE34240
• OSTI ID: 6362978
• Report Number(s): DOE/NE/34240-1-Vol.2; CONF-890406--Vol.2; ISBN: 0-89448-144-4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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