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DTRA’s advancements in nuclear and radiological detection
A new, more complex nuclear age has begun. Echoing the tensions of the Cold War amid rapidly evolving nuclear and radiological threats, preparedness in the modern age is a contest of scientific innovation. The Research and Development Directorate (RD) at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is charged with winning this contest.
Vittorio Violante, Antonella De Ninno
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 31 | Number 2 | March 1997 | Pages 219-227
Technical Paper | Nuclear Reaction in Solid | doi.org/10.13182/FST97-A30824
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The behavior of ions confined by means of quadrupolar electrodynamic containment around palladium lattice tetrahedral sites is discussed. Ion confinement in a quadrupolar trap is known to be strongly influenced by initial conditions and trap parameters. The system studied is a lattice ion trap for deuterons, supposing they occupy the tetrahedral sites over a certain concentration. The electron motions seem to have a dominant role in the dynamics of two deuterons moving around such lattice sites. A computer simulation describes the deuteron dynamics and reveals an approach mechanism that could dramatically decrease the mean distance between two positive charges embedded in a lattice.