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Disney World should have gone nuclear
There is extra significance to the American Nuclear Society holding its annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, this past week. That’s because in 1967, the state of Florida passed a law allowing Disney World to build a nuclear power plant.
Lidia Matei, C. Postolache
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 54 | Number 1 | July 2008 | Pages 149-152
Technical Paper | Tritium Handling Facilities | doi.org/10.13182/FST08-A1783
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The Tritium Laboratory from NIPNE, Romania is part of Radioisotope Research and Production Center. The Tritium Laboratory has been in operation since 1960, and carries out R&D activities involving tritium sources in gaseous, liquids and solid state, provides specialized service to CANDU NPP Cernavoda, Romania, and provides tritium assay services to internal and external customers.The paper presents the activities and perspectives of Tritium Laboratory and its performances in accordance with Quality System Management.
