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. 2021 Apr 6;118(14):e2104652118.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2104652118.

Core Concept: Muography offers a new way to see inside a multitude of objects

David Adam

Core Concept: Muography offers a new way to see inside a multitude of objects

David Adam. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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A few years after the disastrous 2011 earthquake started a tsunami that devastated Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant—shown here a few days after the tsunami struck—scientists set up two muography detectors to uncover signs of nuclear fuel at the core of the reactor. Image credit: Science Source/Digital Globe.
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Muography is being used to explore the internal plumbing of volcanoes such as Vesuvius in Italy, pictured here with Pompeii ruins in the foreground. Image credit: Shutterstock/Boerescu.
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