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NextEra and Google ink a deal to restart Duane Arnold
A day anticipated by many across the nuclear community has finally arrived: NextEra Energy has officially announced its plans to restart Iowa’s only nuclear power plant, the Duane Arnold Energy Center.
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Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 1 | Number 4 | August 1956 | Pages 325-326
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The half-life of 2.7-day Au198 has been measured, using end window Geiger counters, over a period of 24 days, and found to be 2.694 ± 0.006 days.
