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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.
Noel Corngold, Paul Michael
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 19 | Number 1 | May 1964 | Pages 91-94
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE64-A19792
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In a previous paper1 some general properties of the Boltzmann equation governing the transient behaviour of neutron distributions have been developed. The experimental consequences of these considerations are examined and some reported experimental results are discussed. It is found that in some cases theoretical restrictions on time-decay constants and diffusion lengths are apparently violated.