Promoting Personal Safety and National Security: Improving detection of radioactive material in nuclear waste water

Promoting Personal Safety and National Security: Improving detection of radioactive material in nuclear waste water

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As the Fukushima crisis continues to remind the world of the potential dangers of nuclear disposal and unforeseen accidents, scientists are reporting progress toward a new way to detect the radioactive materials uranium and plutonium in waste water. Their
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vor 3 Monaten
As the Fukushima crisis continues to remind the world of the
potential dangers of nuclear disposal and unforeseen accidents,
scientists are reporting progress toward a new way to detect the
radioactive materials uranium and plutonium in waste water. Their
report on the design of a highly sensitive nanosensor appears in
ACS’ The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
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