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Nuclear Forensic Analysis, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Nuclear Forensic Analysis, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by Kenton J. Moody, Patrick M. Grant, Ian D. Hutcheon
December 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
524 pages
20h 21m
English
CRC Press
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24
Fatal “Cold Fusion”
Explosion
24.1 BACKGROUND AND ANALYSES
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