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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.
E. D. Clayton, B. M. Durst, A. W. Prichard, R. Puigh, Soon Kim, David Heinrichs, Debdas Biswas, Song Huang, George Dulik, John Scorby, Robert Wilson, Moe Boussoufi, Ben Liu, Forrest Brown, Richard Taylor, Tomohiro Endo, Masatoshi Yamasaki, Takeshi Kuroishi, Hironobu Unesaki, Tadafumi Sano, Akio Yamamoto, David Losey, Robert Miles, Marshall Perks
Transactions | Volume 101 | Number 1 | November 2009 | Pages 451-452
