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Published on: January 4, 2016

Development of synthetic nuclear melt glass for forensic analysis

Joshua J Molgaard¹, John D Auxier², Andrew V Giminaro²

¹Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA ; Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY 10996 USA.

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

|July 31, 2015

Abstract:

A method for producing synthetic debris similar to the melt glass produced by nuclear surface testing is demonstrated. Melt glass from the first nuclear weapon test (commonly referred to as trinitite) is used as the benchmark for this study. These surrogates can be used to simulate a variety of scenarios and will serve as a tool for developing and validating forensic analysis methods.

Keywords:

Debris Melt glass Morphology Nuclear forensics Nuclear weapons Trinitite

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