"Nuclear Archaeologists" Find World War II Plutonium

Friday, March 6, 2009 - 01:07 in Physics & Chemistry

A team of "nuclear archaeologists" has identified a sample of discarded plutonium left over from the worlds first nuclear bomb test in 1945. Their cutting-edge techniques could help keep such weapons out of the wrong hands.

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