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Radioactivity of the Cooling Water

Description: The most important source of radioactivity at the exit manifold of the pile will be due to O19, formed by neutron absorption of O18. A recent measurement of Fermi and Weil permits to estimate that it will be safe to stay about 80 minutes daily close to the exit manifolds without any shield. Estimates are given for the radioactivities from other sources -- both in the neighborhood and farther away from the pile.
Date: March 1, 1943
Creator: Wigner, Eugene Paul, 1902-1995.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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