Re: A real solution

[Bernard L Cohen <blc+@pitt.edu>]

Bernard L. Cohen
Physics Dept.
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Tel: (412)624-9245
Fax: (412)624-9163
e-mail: blc+@pitt.edu


On Fri, 18 Aug 2000, Susan Gawarecki wrote:

> 
> I am curious, though, about the composition of spent fuel (not my
> field).  What are the shorter half-life isotopes of concern (say those
> that will be mostly gone within 300 years) vs. the very-long half-live
> ones, and their relative proportions?  If there is a web site that
> describes the changing composition of spent fuel as it decays over time,
> I'd be interested in a reference to it.

	--There are plots of this in my papers in Health Physics 44,
568;1983 and Reviews of Modern Physics 49: 1: 1977

Bernard L. Cohen
Physics Dept.
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Tel: (412)624-9245
Fax: (412)624-9163
e-mail: blc+@pitt.edu


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