The purpose of this Sandia National Laboratories' sponsored study is to support existing and future activities under the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Radiological Security ...

Synchrotron radiation sources generate highly brilliant light pulses, ranging from infrared to hard X-rays, which can be used to gain deep insights into complex materials. Using concrete examples, ...

Think about a garden where flowers bloom beside nuclear reactors. It sounds impossible, yet it's happening right now. Since the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, scientists have watched in amazement as ...

If a radioactive source needs to be classified in various scenarios, the required information includes identification of the radioisotope(s) present and an estimation of the activity. In the field, ...

The objective of the event is to increase participants’ understanding of the: • Need to secure high-activity sealed radioactive material based on threats and the potential consequences of a malicious ...

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Dresden are developing an open-source tool to enhance the prevention of radiation-induced functional degradation in electronic ...