Sensitive detection method may help impede illicit nuclear trafficking

Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - 02:52 in Physics & Chemistry

According to a new study, coupling commercially available spectral X-ray detectors with a specialized algorithm can improve the detection of uranium and plutonium in small, layered objects such as baggage. This approach may provide a new tool to impede nuclear trafficking.

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