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Sandia computer simulation monitors traffic in contraband nuclear material
01-17-2007 · EurekAlert!A Sandia National Laboratories researcher has developed a simulation program designed to track the illicit trade in fissile and nonfissile radiological material well enough to predict who is building the next nuclear weapon and where they are doing it.
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