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Past and Present Target Making Activities in Laboratories in the United Kingdom

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Preparation of Nuclear Targets for Particle Accelerators

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Targets of separated stable and actinide nuclides were a priority requirement in the early days of the nuclear industry for the measurement of nuclear constants needed in reactor design and operation, fuel handling, storage and reprocessing.

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  1. Actinide Orders, A. E. R. E. Harwell, Oxfordshire, OX 11 ORA, UK

    K. M. Glover

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  1. New England Nuclear Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Jozef Jaklovsky

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Glover, K.M. (1981). Past and Present Target Making Activities in Laboratories in the United Kingdom. In: Jaklovsky, J. (eds) Preparation of Nuclear Targets for Particle Accelerators. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3956-4_24

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