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Plutonium Research at the SRNL Laser Lab

10:00–10:30AM EDT

Eliel Villa-Aleman (SRNL), Jason R. Darvin (SRNL), Don D. Dick (SRNL), Thomas C. Shehee (SRNL), Bryan J. Foley (SRNL), Emily H. Kwapis (Univ. Florida), Kyle C. Hartig (Univ. Florida)

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