Keegan Kelly installs fission-counting target for Chi-Nu experiment (IMAGE)

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

Keegan Kelly installs fission-counting target for Chi-Nu experiment

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Physicist Keegan Kelly installs a fission-counting target containing approximately 100 milligrams of an actinide of interest for a Chi-Nu experiment. The apparatus includes 54 liquid scintillation neutron detectors and 22 lithium-glass detectors to measure neutrons in different energy ranges.

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Los Alamos National Laboratory

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