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Advanced Analysis of Plutonium: Pre- and Post-Detonation Scenarios

Thesis/Dissertation ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1630831· OSTI ID:1630831
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  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
A Dissertation Presented for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Nuclear Engineering. Overarching research question: Do nuclear reactions in surface environment lead to distinctive chemical and isotopic signatures that are not present in nature? Testable hypothesis: Nuclear processes will lead to distinctive chemical and isotopic patterns of partitioning because high-temperature processes under high radiation rarely occur in natural surface environment.
Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO). Academic Research Initiative (ARI)
DOE Contract Number:
89233218CNA000001
OSTI ID:
1630831
Report Number(s):
LA-UR--20-23734
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English