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    Cat and Emily traveled to Las Vegas, NV to conduct measurements for Operation Desert Heat at the Device Assembly Facility.  This follow-on measurement campaign expanded on the measurements from 2023 and utilized two additional scintillation detectors capable of gamma/neutron discrimination.  The results of this campaign will be prepared for future publication and incorporated […]

We are super excited to welcome new members Sai, Jaylen, Nuo, and Joseph to the group! They bring lots of skill and enthusiasm into the research team. We look forward to watching their growth as students and researchers! See People page for more information about their individual research interests.  *No actual fusion has occurred. Our […]

In July 2023, Cat and Brice spent a week 2 hours northwest of Las Vegas, NV, at the National Criticality Experiments Research Center (NCERC) conducting measurements on various nuclear material assemblies along with two other NNSA NA-22 consortium University teams (UIUC, UM). IMAGES APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE IAW LA-UR-23-29446; DISTRIBUTION IS UNLIMITED.      

In May, Cat gave a presentation “Optimal Detector Configuration for Nondestructive Assay of Fresh Nuclear Fuel” at SORMA 2023 in Ann Arbor, MI. A few weeks later, Cat and Brice both presented posters at the NNSA 2023 University Program Review in Berkeley, CA, where the group was able to catch up with some of its […]

Last week, the group attended the NNSA NA-22 Consortium for Monitoring, Technology, and Verification’s 2023 Workshop. Cat gave an oral presentation (link) and Brice presented a poster (link).

Over the past few weeks, the team has been preparing to conduct neutron irradiation of bacteria samples in the University of Florida Training Reactor in support of research for the NASA Planetary Protection Research program. After pressure and vacuum testing, a container identical to the one in which bacteria will be contained for fielding was […]

Long overdue but you killed your Ph.D. Proposal this semester! Way to go!

Best wishes to you in your future career at AFTAC!