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20 October 2021
Radiation Event at NIST Reactor Is Linked to Staff Turnover

An agency report concludes that the February event at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) reactor can be traced to mistakes made by NIST staff, which has suffered a loss of experience in the last several years.

Read the full article by William Thomas on the Physics Today website.