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Nuclear materials in Japan

The incident at Fukushima Daiichi brought materials in the nuclear industry into the spotlight. Nature Materials talks to Tatsuo Shikama, Director of the International Research Centre for Nuclear Materials, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, about the current situation.

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Plummer, J. Nuclear materials in Japan. Nature Mater 14, 258–259 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4217

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