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Non-proliferation: School of Nukes

How do nuclear inspectors know when all is not as they are told? Geoff Brumfiel joins some inspectors-in-training as they learn the ropes at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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Brumfiel, G. Non-proliferation: School of Nukes. Nature 449, 656–657 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/449656a

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