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How Tetris Inspired an MIT Breakthrough in Nuclear Safety Technology


The device, based on simple tetromino shapes, could determine the direction and distance of a radiation source, with fewer detector pixels. The spread of radioactive isotopes from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan in 2011 and the ongoing threat of a possible release of radiation

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