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= STALLKAT = STALLKAT (System to Analyze Low Levels of Krypton and Tritium) was a counting system used to the detect radioactive isotopes in natural gas. STALLKAT was created at the behest of the now defunct United States Atomic Energy Commission to identify the amount of radiation present in extracted natural gas from the experimental Project Rulison nuclear blast, which successfully liberated large quantities of natural gas while also making the gas unusable because of the radiation.

Project Failure
C. T. Prevo and V. C. Santomassimo, authors of the final preliminary report on the STALLKAT device, identified several problems with overheating. After one field test, the team modified the system to provide more effective cooling but determined improvement of the system beyond their minor alterations did not seam feasible. When STALLKAT was finally utilized at the Project Rulison test site it was finally identified as ineffective.