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Novel Methods to Produce an Argon-37 Standard

Cardenas, Edna S·Robinson, Troy A·Snow, Mathew S·Ward, Jessica L·Brookhart, Jacob L·Bucher, Brian M·Foley, Ariana A
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This poster describes details of a Laboratory Directed Research and Development project to produce and measure argon-37 for nuclear explosion detection.

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07 ISOTOPE AND RADIATION SOURCES73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICSargondetectionnonproliferationnuclear explosiontreaties

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Cardenas, Edna S, Robinson, Troy A, Snow, Mathew S, Ward, Jessica L, Brookhart, Jacob L, Bucher, Brian M, Foley, Ariana A. 2021-07-30. Novel Methods to Produce an Argon-37 Standard. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1822892

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