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Ukraine releases video of Russian “kamikaze” drones flying near nuclear plant
New reports allege Russia is flying kamikaze drones and firing small arms near the site of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Europe’s largest such facility, Zaporizhzhia has been under Russian control since 2022.
K. Toh, T. Shikama, S. Nagata, B. Tsuchiya, T. Kakuta, T. Hoshiya, M. Ishihara
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 44 | Number 2 | September 2003 | Pages 475-479
Technical Paper | Fusion Energy - Fusion Materials | doi.org/10.13182/FST03-A381
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Radioluminescence were measured in several ceramics materials under irradiation in 60Co gamma-ray irradiation facility using the fused silica core fiber. Aluminum oxide (Al2O3), europium oxide (Eu2O3), and gadolinium oxide (Gd2O3) had luminescent peaks. These peaks had the linearity to the gamma-ray dose rate under 6.3 Gy/s.