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Physics
Study of plutonium's reaction to heat finds unexpected behavior
June 2nd, 2003
The storage of plutonium has long plagued scientists. "It is a dangerous metal and its long-term storage must be done with special care so as not to harm the environment, "said physicist Serguei Savrasov, PhD. Finding a solution to this problem led Savrasov, an associate professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), and a team of researchers at Rutgers University and Los Alamos National Laboratories, to study how this metal reacts to heat, a natural condition of storage over time. The team's findings were published in the May 9, 2003, issue of Science. Using a computer simulation, the...
Source: Science Letter (2003-06-02)
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