My life and carbon

서지정보

ㆍ발행기관 : 한국탄소학회 ㆍ수록지정보 : Carbon Letters / 15권 / 2호
ㆍ저자명 : peter A. Thrower

한국어 초록

My introduction to carbon science was unplanned and unexpected. After I received my B.A. inphysics from the University of Cambridge (UK) in 1960, I agreed to take an appointment at theUnited Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) Atomic Energy Research Establishment(AERE), Harwell, UK. Starting September 1, I was to work on a project studying focused collisionsequences in metals. For personal reasons, I was not able to report until a month later, when Iwas informed that my original position had been filled and that now, I was to work in the Carbonand Graphite Group under the direction of Mr. J. H. W. Simmons. The group had been formedfollowing the “Windscale Incident” in which a gas-cooled nuclear reactor in northwest Englandhad suffered a spontaneous release of “stored energy” that caused the reactor to overheat and releaseradioactive material into the surrounding area. Mr. Simmons had apparently warned of suchan event and he was therefore chosen to head a group to investigate radiation damage in nucleargraphite. I was one of four Scientific Officers in the group and my task was to use the transmissionelectron microscope (TEM) to study how high-energy neutron radiation affected graphite. I wasgiven an assistant named Barry Sheldon to work with me.My first task was to read a pile of papers and reports dealing with the effects of radiation damage on nuclear graphite, includingstored-energy release and the recent annealing of the graphite core in one of the on-site reactors. There were several internal reportsabout dimensional changes produced by irradiation, and other property changes were being systematically and urgently investigated,but there was only one paper on the subject I was to investigate.

영어 초록

My introduction to carbon science was unplanned and unexpected. After I received my B.A. in
physics from the University of Cambridge (UK) in 1960, I agreed to take an appointment at the
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) Atomic Energy Research Establishment
(AERE), Harwell, UK. Starting September 1, I was to work on a project studying focused collision
sequences in metals. For personal reasons, I was not able to report until a month later, when I
was informed that my original position had been filled and that now, I was to work in the Carbon
and Graphite Group under the direction of Mr. J. H. W. Simmons. The group had been formed
following the “Windscale Incident” in which a gas-cooled nuclear reactor in northwest England
had suffered a spontaneous release of “stored energy” that caused the reactor to overheat and release
radioactive material into the surrounding area. Mr. Simmons had apparently warned of such
an event and he was therefore chosen to head a group to investigate radiation damage in nuclear
graphite. I was one of four Scientific Officers in the group and my task was to use the transmission
electron microscope (TEM) to study how high-energy neutron radiation affected graphite. I was
given an assistant named Barry Sheldon to work with me.
My first task was to read a pile of papers and reports dealing with the effects of radiation damage on nuclear graphite, including
stored-energy release and the recent annealing of the graphite core in one of the on-site reactors. There were several internal reports
about dimensional changes produced by irradiation, and other property changes were being systematically and urgently investigated,
but there was only one paper on the subject I was to investigate.

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