Nuclear forensic investigations: Two case studies

Forensic Science International

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-62

  Wallenius, M ^a   Mayer, K ^a   Ray, I ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Highly enriched; Illicit trafficking; Nuclear forensics; Uranium; Uranium pellet

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDE; URANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR REACTOR; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 30344477647     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.12.029     Document Type: Article

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