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Safeguards Technology Development Program: FY 2024 Mid-Year Report

Smith, Megan Rachelle
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This project has 2 major thrusts and 2 minor tasks – One of the major ones is a scoping study for improving uranium isotopics by analyzing higher energy, lower yield U-235 gamma emissions. The second major one benefits past projects such as auto-enrichment, and peak-based analysis routines previously added to GADRAS-DRF [1]. The two minor tasks involve an in-person or remote GADRAS-DRF training for the IAEA, and characterizing detectors of interest.

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Smith, Megan Rachelle. 2024-03-14. Safeguards Technology Development Program: FY 2024 Mid-Year Report. https://doi.org/10.2172/2429998

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