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NIST Response to NRC Confirmatory Action Letter

July 2, 2008

We take our responsibility for protecting our personnel's and the public's health and safety very seriously. We have fully cooperated with Nuclear Regulatory

No Significant Health Risks Expected from Plutonium Exposures

July 10, 2008

BOULDER, Colo. – According to new dose analyses and lifetime risk estimates received from radiation health physicians and experts, the small number of National

Reports from Five Radiation Safety and Health Experts on the June 9 Plutonium Incident

July 11, 2008

NIST is conducting an internal investigation into the causes of a June 9 incident in which a vial containing a 1/4 gram (1/100th ounce) of plutonium cracked

NIST Commits to Action for Strengthening Safety NIST Responds to Investigative Report, City of Boulder Regarding Safety Improvements

July 30, 2008

Gaithersburg, Md. – Responding to shortcomings highlighted by a June 9 spill of plutonium at its Boulder, Colo., laboratory, the National Institute of Standards

Ultra-sensitive Tests Confirm No Significant Health Risks Expected from Plutonium Exposures

August 14, 2008

Boulder, Colo. — Confirming earlier assessments, new results from ultrasensitive medical tests and related dose analyses indicate that none of the 29 personnel

NIST Takes Additional Steps to Strengthen Safety at Its Boulder Laboratories

September 16, 2008

Boulder, Colo. -- Acting upon several internal and external investigations and reports, including a recent safety audit conducted with the assistance of the

Photo of NIST physicist Jun Ye with his strontium atomic clock

JILA/NIST Scientists Get a Grip on Colliding Fermions to Enhance Atomic Clock Accuracy

April 16, 2009

BOULDER, Colo.—Physicists have measured and controlled seemingly forbidden collisions between neutral strontium atoms—a class of antisocial atoms known as

trapped beryllium ions in a hexagonal single-plane crystal

NIST Develops Powerful Method of Suppressing Errors in Many Types of Quantum Computers

April 22, 2009

BOULDER, Colo.—Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a technique for efficiently suppressing errors in

Micrograph of a prototype NIST detector that will be used to seek B-mode polarization, the signature of the rapid inflation of the universe after the Big Bang.

NIST Super-Sensors to Measure 'Signature' of Inflationary Universe

May 4, 2009

BOULDER, Colo.—What happened in the first trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second after the Big Bang? Super-sensitive microwave detectors, built

NIST Physicists Demonstrate Quantum Entanglement in Mechanical System

June 3, 2009

BOULDER, Colo.—Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated entanglement—a phenomenon peculiar to the atomic-scale

Time Realization and Distribution Group

The Time Realization and Distribution group distributes standard time and frequency signals generated by the Coordinated Universal Time scale, UTC(NIST), maintained at the NIST laboratories in Boulder, Colorado. UTC(NIST) is the U. S. national standard for time-of-day, time interval, and frequency.

Postdoctoral Students (NRC Postdocs)

Want to start your career on the cutting edge of research? NIST’s postdocs research quantum science, study AI, explore the latest in...

Electron microscope image of two superconducting thin films that meet at a 6 degree tilt boundary

NIST Discovers How Strain at Grain Boundaries Suppresses High-Temperature Superconductivity

June 16, 2009

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have discovered that a reduction in mechanical strain at the boundaries of crystal

Quantum Physics Division

The Division performs collaborative experimental and theoretical research and innovation advancing fundamental measurement science through quantum information science, quantum-enhanced precision measurement, ultracold atoms and molecules, quantum many-body physics, chemical physics, biophysics, and

VCAT Agenda/Minutes 2008-2026

2008 - 2026 Agendas with Presentations and Minutes of Meetings Agendas & Presentations February 2026 (virtual/hybrid meeting) October 2025...

New Nanotube Coating Enables Novel Laser Power Meter

May 5, 2009

The U.S. military can now calibrate high-power laser systems, such as those intended to defuse unexploded mines, more quickly and easily thanks to a novel

Microcryocooler for Terahertz Detectors

NIST and the University of Colorado have been funded since April, 2006, by DARPA to develop a microcryocooler with a volume less than about 4 cm 3 to cool a

Low Temperature Regenerator and Pulse Tube Losses

The Cryogenic Technologies Project has been funded by ONR since FY2005 to measure and model the losses in 4 K regenerators and pulse tubes. These thermal

Reference Fluid Thermodynamic and Transport Properties Database (REFPROP)

The NIST REFPROP database provides the most accurate thermophysical property models for a variety of industrially important fluids and fluid mixtures, including

Cover of the ASME International Steam Tables for Industrial Use, Third Edition

Contributions to International Standards on the Properties of Water

Researchers in the Applied Chemicals and Materials Division play a leading role in the development of international standards for the properties of water. This

Thermodynamics Research Center

TRC supplies industry and academia with critically evaluated property data, complete with provenance and uncertainty, to inform manufacturing, public health and safety, and research.

New Program Evaluates Labs for Emergency Communications Tests

March 24, 2009

To help ensure that first responders, public safety officers and military personnel can always talk with each other no matter what communications equipment they

Random Antenna Arrays Boost Emergency Communications

February 24, 2009

First responders could boost their radio communications quickly at a disaster site by setting out just four extra transmitters in a random arrangement to

Frequency Measurement and Analysis Service (FMAS)

The NIST Frequency Measurement and Analysis Service (FMAS) makes it easy to measure and calibrate any quartz, rubidium, cesium, or hydrogen maser frequency

Time Measurement and Analysis Service (TMAS)

The NIST Time Measurement and Analysis Service (TMAS) was designed to serve any organization that is required to maintain an accurate local time standard. The

A stainless steel micro tensile specimen in a silicon frame.

Microsystems for Harsh Environment Testing

Our goal is to develop and demonstrate a MEMS-based methodology for evaluating time-dependent mechanical properties of materials that undergo exposure to

2008 AWS Davis Silver Medal - Thomas Siewert

For their paper entitled "Failure of Welded Floor Truss Connections from the Extension Wall during Collapse of the World Trade Center Towers

Magnetic Random Access Memory

The program on magnetic random-access memory develops metrology to determine how spin currents can be generated and used to control and manipulate magnetization

Wireless Systems Metrology

Imagine how much safer a fire fighter's job would be if it were possible for a robot to navigate in a burning building and locate those in need of assistance

Electromagnetic Field Strength Metrology

The Field Strength Metrology Project develops measurements of free-space electromagnetic (EM) emissions to help evaluate electronic interference of electronic

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