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Chemistry World
June 3, 2011
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US demands inquiry into isotope management US lawmakers have launched an investigation into the Department of Energy's management of critical isotopes, following revelations that a serious shortage of helium-3 was exacerbated by communication failures. |
IEEE Spectrum
September 2010
Sally Adee |
Physics Projects Deflate for Lack of Helium-3 U.S. radiation detectors suck up the existing supply |
National Defense
December 2010
Grace V. Jean |
Advancing Hidden Nuclear Material Detection On any given day, ships and trucks deliver cargo containers filled with tons of imported goods. Homeland security officials have long warned that terrorists may use them to smuggle nuclear materials into the United States. |
Chemistry World
May 11, 2012
Simon Perks |
Gas separation with graphene nanopores Scientists in New Zealand, the US and Germany have developed a way of using tiny pores in a graphene sheet to separate different isotopes of helium. |
Chemistry World
August 1, 2008
James Mitchell Crow |
High hopes for new UK neutron source The ISIS synchrotron at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire, UK, has launched a second target station for neutron beams which will allow scientists to study a range of new systems |
Popular Mechanics
October 2004
Harrison H. Schmitt |
Mining The Moon An Apollo astronaut argues that with its vast stores of nonpolluting nuclear fuel, our lunar neighbor holds the key to Earth's future. |
Chemistry World
June 26, 2009
James Mitchell Crow |
STFC cuts funds to key facilities Key UK national science facilities, including the Diamond Light Source and the ISIS neutron beam laboratory, have had their funding cut.C |
Industrial Physicist
Dec 2003/Jan 2004
Chichester & Simpson |
Compact accelerator neutron generators These small devices are useful for detecting and quantifying different elements in a variety of materials and find applications in identifying explosives, chemical weapons, and nuclear materials. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2005
Lahey et al. |
Bubble Power Tiny bubbles imploded by sound waves can make hydrogen nuclei fuse--and may one day become a revolutionary new energy source. |
Chemistry World
July 5, 2012
Rebecca Trager |
US vulnerable to a shortage of critical isotopes Significant weaknesses in how the US Department of Energy manages its isotope program could leave the country vulnerable to surprise shortages, an investigation launched by legislators a year ago concludes. |
Wired
October 23, 2007
Michael Levi |
In the Search for Loose Nukes, a Little Propaganda Goes a Long Way Strategic communication misleads terrorists into believing that nuclear attempts are futile. |
National Defense
September 2011
Stew Magnuson |
Radiation Detection Portal Program Comes to an End One of the Department of Homeland Security's most troubled technology development programs came to an end in July, when the Advanced Spectrographic Portals, which were designed to ferret out nuclear material at ports, was terminated. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2011
Willie D. Jones |
A Fusion Thruster for Space Travel Clean, highly energetic reaction delivers a lot of drive from a drop of fuel. |
