ORNL Review v16n2 1983.pdf

• State of the Laboratory—1982. Long-Range, High-Risk, High-Payoff R&D
• Life at the End of the Periodic Table. Scientists at ORNL's Transuranium Research Laboratory are exploring the properties of heavy, man-made elements and participating in the quest for superheavy elements.
• Neutron Scattering: A Tool to Probe Biological Structures. Neutrons from reactors can be used to determine the changes that occur in giant molecules such as genes and enzymes as their environment is altered.
• Safeguarding Reprocessing Plants (Second in a series of two articles). The internal rather than the external adversary may be more of a threat.

Departments

• Take a Number
• Books. Advances in Energy Systems and Technology, reviewed by W. Fulkerson.
• Technical Capsules: Microwave Spectrometry. Help for LMFBR Designers
• Lab Anecdote. Remembrances of a Reactor Past
• Awards and Appointments