WHEN you think of radioactive material, one would immediately associate it with a green glow. Take the opening sequence of The Simpsons animated series, for example, where the Homer Simpson ...

Uranium (chemical symbol U) is a naturally occurring radioactive element. In its pure form it is a silver-coloured heavy metal, similar to lead, cadmium and tungsten. Like tungsten it is very dense, ...

A Ludlum (Model 42–49) REM ball (19.5 cm in diameter) containing a He-3 detector (1.6 cm in diameter by 2.4 cm in thickness) was used to measure neutron dose rate from the bare Cf-252 source. The ...

The DOE IP produces critical radioactive and stable isotopes in short supply ... Past experience includes: Californium-252 Program Manager. Responsible for the scheduling, budgeting, and product ...

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