ScienceUltra-cold quantum sensors reportedly reduce X-ray uncertainty
Lifeboat News reports that NIST researchers measured X-ray emissions from plutonium, uranium and neptunium with unprecedented accuracy, which it says enables more precise assessments of nuclear material.
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Scientists track nuclear material through distinctive gamma-ray patterns, but X-rays in the same energy range can mask those signals, Lifeboat News explains. It reports that researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology measured the interfering X-ray emissions from plutonium, uranium and neptunium with unprecedented accuracy. The report says those measurements let scientists filter out X-ray background noise and more precisely assess nuclear material at power plants and weapons facilities.
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Ultra-cold quantum sensors reportedly reduce X-ray uncertainty
Lifeboat News reports that NIST researchers measured X-ray emissions from plutonium, uranium and neptunium with unprecedented accuracy, which it says enables more precise assessments of nuclear material.