Nov 11, 2020
NSSPI Student Investigates Proliferation-Resistant Method for Producing Medical Isotopes - Technetium-99m, a daughter of Molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), is the most popular radioisotope and is used in over 40 million medical procedures every year for diagnosing everything from heart disease to cancer. Because the US currently imports all of its Mo-99 from aging reactors overseas, the supply chain for this critical radioisotope… (read more...)
NSSPI Student Investigates Proliferation-Resistant Method for Producing Medical Isotopes - Technetium-99m, a daughter of Molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), is the most popular radioisotope and is used in over 40 million medical procedures every year for diagnosing everything from heart disease to cancer. Because the US currently imports all of its Mo-99 from aging reactors overseas, the supply chain for this critical radioisotope… (read more...) Oct 26, 2020
NSSPI Co-Organizes Meeting on Human Reliability Program for Indian Industries of National Importance - From October 14 through 16, the Texas A&M University Center for Nuclear Security Science and Policy Initiatives (NSSPI) and the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) in Bengaluru, India jointly conducted a virtual meeting of their Core Group on Human Reliability Program in Industries of National Importance for India, including nuclear industry.… (read more...)
NSSPI Co-Organizes Meeting on Human Reliability Program for Indian Industries of National Importance - From October 14 through 16, the Texas A&M University Center for Nuclear Security Science and Policy Initiatives (NSSPI) and the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) in Bengaluru, India jointly conducted a virtual meeting of their Core Group on Human Reliability Program in Industries of National Importance for India, including nuclear industry.… (read more...) Oct 22, 2020
NSSPI Student Working on New Tools for Nuclear Forensics - In 2010, Congress passed the Nuclear Forensics and Attribution Act, which created initiatives to support research into determining the source of nuclear or radiological material that has been either confiscated or recovered from a detonated weapon. This allows authorities to identify the origin of the material and piece together how… (read more...)
NSSPI Student Working on New Tools for Nuclear Forensics - In 2010, Congress passed the Nuclear Forensics and Attribution Act, which created initiatives to support research into determining the source of nuclear or radiological material that has been either confiscated or recovered from a detonated weapon. This allows authorities to identify the origin of the material and piece together how… (read more...) Oct 13, 2020
NSSPI Conducts Workshop on Nuclear Safeguards at INMM Annual Meeting - This summer, the Center for Nuclear Security Science and Policy Initiatives (NSSPI) at Texas A&M University conducted an online workshop on the Policy and Technical Fundamentals of International Nuclear Safeguards in conjunction with the 2020 Annual Meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM). The workshop was intended to… (read more...)
NSSPI Conducts Workshop on Nuclear Safeguards at INMM Annual Meeting - This summer, the Center for Nuclear Security Science and Policy Initiatives (NSSPI) at Texas A&M University conducted an online workshop on the Policy and Technical Fundamentals of International Nuclear Safeguards in conjunction with the 2020 Annual Meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM). The workshop was intended to… (read more...)