Citation: M. Swinney “Experimental and Computational Assessment of Trace Nuclide Ratios in Weapons Grade Plutonium for Nuclear Forensics Analysis”, Ph.D. Dissertation, Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (2015). Abstract: A terrorist attack using an improvised nuclear device is one of the most serious dangers facing the United States. The work presented here is […]
Use of a High-Purity Germanium Semiconductor Detector for Rapid Post-Nuclear Event Forensics
Citation: S. Horowitz “Use of a High-Purity Germanium Semiconductor Detector for Rapid Post-Nuclear Event Forensics”, M.S. Thesis, Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (2015). Abstract: This thesis investigates the ability of a high-purity germanium detector to perform post-detonation forensics on the debris from several types of nuclear weapons 24 hours after detonation. The […]
Feasibility of Remote Nuclear Reactor Antineutrino Directionality via Elastic Electron Scattering in the WATer CHerenkov Monitor of ANtineutrinos (WATCHMAN)
Citation: D. Hellfeld “Feasibility of Remote Nuclear Reactor Antineutrino Directionality via Elastic Electron Scattering in the WATer CHerenkov Monitor of ANtineutrinos (WATCHMAN)”, M.S. Thesis, Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (2015). Abstract: Cubic meter sized liquid scintillator detectors have demonstrated that the operational status, power level, and changes in fuel composition of a […]
The Nuclear Security Science and Policy Institute at Texas A&M University
Citation: C.A. Gariazzo, K.H. Ragusa, D.R. Boyle, W.S. Charlton, S.S. Chirayath, C.M. Marianno, P. Nelson, Jr., “The Nuclear Security Science and Policy Institute at Texas A&M University”, International Journal of Nuclear Security, 1, 1 (2015). Abstract: NSSPI is a multidisciplinary organization at Texas A&M University and the first U.S. academic institution focused on technical graduate […]
Addressing Challenges to Contemporary Nonproliferation Models and Methods through Bayesian Analysis and Agent Based Modeling
Citation: R. Elmore, and W. S. Charlton, “Addressing Challenges to Contemporary Nonproliferation Models and Methods through Bayesian Analysis and Agent Based Modeling”, Inaugural US-UK Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) Conference, Reading, UK, November 4-5, 2014 Associated Project: 1. Proliferation Resistance Methods Development [updatepublicationbutton ps=’37148′] [deletepublicationbutton psd=’37148′]