NRL
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8.1
- noun
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Laboratorio de Investigación Naval de los Estados Unidos
- During that period, he also served a brief tour of duty in the US Navy and was assigned by NRL to attend the first reactor school at the Clinton Laboratories (now known as the Oak Ridge National Laboratory).
Examples
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All of NRL's resources were made available for the LRD effort in the spring of 1947.
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We picked up positive readings on our air monitor at NRL on 10 September and sampled the next rain on 13 September.
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Now again from the outside, going to the NRL is seen as a step up in quality and profile.
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The first two were not considered promising, and so the NRL scientists focused on radiological detection.
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In the ensuing years of the LRD effort, NRL transmitted all of its technical information to AFOAT-1 and offered technical consultation.
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Blifford procured enough parts to assemble 100 of these units at NRL and shipped them out to collaborators in the field.
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Back at NRL, the rare-earth isotopes yttrium-91, cerium-141, and cerium-144 were chemically separated.
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The electronics package—power supply, pulse-count scaler, anti-coincidence circuit, and recorder—was built at NRL.
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In early 1948, when an operating prototype of the large gamma-ray detector was placed on the roof of the optics division building at NRL, we observed an increase in ambient gamma-ray activity when it rained.
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The NRL conducts vital research to advance new technologies for the U.S. Navy.
Synonyms
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6.1
A group in the United States Navy that studies science and builds new technology
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4.9
A place where people do research to help a country's military
A place that studies science and builds technology for the United States Navy
Surface Forms
Etymology
NRL stands for Naval Research Laboratory; naval is about the 'navy', research means 'search again', and laboratory is a 'lab' where scientists work. So NRL is the U.S. Navy's main science lab.