ICYMI: Los Alamos Using Neutrons to Stop Nuclear Smugglers
Los Alamos National Laboratory sent this bulletin at 09/10/2014 10:11 AM MDT
ICYMI: Los Alamos Using Neutrons to Stop Nuclear Smugglers
Laser-generated neutrons could one day be enlisted to help fight the War on Terror. Using the short-pulse laser at Los Alamos's TRIDENT facility, Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers generated a neutron beam with novel characteristics that interrogated a closed container to confirm the presence and quantity of nuclear material inside.
Click here <http://bit.ly/1qKJsrx> to see how this successful experiment is paving the way for the creation of table-top-sized or truck-mounted neutron generators that could be installed at strategic locations worldwide to thwart smugglers trafficking in nuclear materials.
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