Aug 28, 2024 Man-Sung Yim Named New NSSPI Director - Dr. Man-Sung Yim has been named the new director of the Center for Nuclear Security Science and Policy Initiatives (NSSPI). Dr. Yim was most recently a professor in the Department of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering and the founding director of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Education and Research Center (NEREC) at the… (read more...)
Aug 09, 2024 NSSPI student investigates applying uncertainty quantification to nuclear fuel burnup calculations - Safeguards monitoring ensures that nuclear technologies can be employed for peaceful uses without fear of nuclear materials being diverted to nefarious purposes. Nuclear forensics techniques are used to discriminate the origins of nuclear material found outside of regulatory control. Both of these fields depend upon extremely accurate estimations of concentrations… (read more...)
Jun 25, 2024 NSSPI and ANL Conduct International Nuclear Facilities Experience in South Korea - From April 26 through May 4, a group of U.S. graduate students studying nuclear material safeguards and nonproliferation joined early career professionals from several U.S. National Laboratories on a tour of nuclear fuel cycle facilities in South Korea. Organized by the Center for Nuclear Security Science and Policy Initiatives (NSSPI)… (read more...)