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Had a leak from your science facility? Here’s how to deal with the problem

12 Aug 2024 Robert P Crease

When Fermilab found that tritium had accidentally leaked from one of its experiments, staff immediately drew up a plan to allay concerns. Robert P Crease explains why things worked out

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Robert P Crease is a professor in the Department of Philosophy, Stony Brook University, US and writes the monthly Critical Point column for Physics World, robertpcrease.com, e-mail robert.crease@stonybrook.edu. His latest book is The Leak: Politics, Activists, and Loss of Trust at Brookhaven National Laboratory
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