Claudio Gariazzo

Center for Nuclear Security Science and Policy Initiatives

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station

Claudio Gariazzo

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NSSPI Graduate
Nuclear Engineering

Ph.D., 2017

Research Group: Nuclear Security and Risk Analysis

Short Bio:

On December 15th, Claudio Gariazzo received his Ph.D. degree in nuclear engineering from Texas A&M University. His doctoral research focused on the development of a game theoretical model of the mutual benefits of bilateral nuclear security regimes with Dr. Marvin Adams and Dr. Paul Nelson as his advisers. After receiving his Master of Science degree in Nuclear/Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin (2003), Gariazzo became a nuclear material international safeguards specialist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, working with non-destructive assay technologies as well as managing various international engagement projects. Before that, he was a Nonproliferation Graduate Fellow with the Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Office for the Elimination of Weapons-Grade Plutonium Producing Reactors. In 2007, Gariazzo joined NSSPI as a research engineer, where he worked in nuclear safeguards instrumentation development, applied nuclear security measures, game theory applied to nonproliferation, and has also focused on the education and training of the next generation of nuclear security experts domestically and internationally through engagements with DOE’s NNSA, the State Department’s Partnership for Nuclear Security, the Department of Education Office for Post-Secondary Education, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre of Ispra, Italy. He was instrumental in organizing the Nuclear Facilities Experience, which took groups of graduate students from US universities and early-career laboratory professionals to either Japan or the UK to experience nuclear facilities and associated applied safeguards measures first-hand. Gariazzo is currently working as a nuclear engineer for safeguards and security at the Center for Strategic Security in the Global Security Sciences Division of Argonne National Laboratory.

NSSPI Publications:

  1. C. Gariazzo, A. Poczatek, S. Martinson, and D. Farley, "Quantum Information Science And Its Implications For International Safeguards", INMM and ESARDA Joint Annual Meeting, Virtual Meeting, August 23 - September 1, 2021.

  2. S.S. Chirayath, C.A. Gariazzo, R. Righetti, and M. Naraghi, "A Novel Nuclear Material Control Technique for Pebble Bed Reactors", Transactions of American Nuclear Society, 125 (1), 758-761, December (2021).

  3. C. Gariazzo, "A Game Theoretic Model of Mutual Benefits of Bilateral Nuclear Security Regimes", Ph.D. Dissertation, Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (2017).

  4. C. Gariazzo, "Determining the Benefits of Nuclear Material and Arms Control on Nuclear Security", 55th Annual Meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, Atlanta, Georgia, 20-14 July 2014.

  5. C. Gariazzo, "The Nuclear Facilities Experience: A Joint 3S Educational Endeavor for Students from Japan, Vietnam, Russia, and the United States", INMM 54th Annual Meeting, 14-18 July 2013, Palm Desert, California, USA.

  6. C. Gariazzo, "Developing a Transparent Bilateral System for Accounting and Tracking Special Nuclear Material", 53rd Annual Meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, Orlando, Florida, 15-19 July 2012.

  7. B. Goddard, W. Charlton, C. Gariazzo, P. Peerani, "A Concept for Quantitative NDA Measurements of Advanced Reprocessing Product Materials", GLOBAL 2011, Makuhar, Japan, December 11-16, 2011.

  8. S. Chirayath, P. Tsvetkov, J. Ragusa, R. Skoda, C. Gariazzo, "Methodology for Public Safety, Proliferation, and Economics Assessment of SMRs", Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol. 105, Washington, D.C., October 30-November 3, 2011

  9. P. Tsvetkov, S. Chirayath, J. Ragusa, S. McDeavitt, C. Gariazzo, J. Johns, A.A. Rashdan, V. Patel, A. Jati, G.E. Rochau, "High Temperature super-critical CO2-cooled Integrated Multi-Modular Thermal Reactor", Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol. 105, Washington, D.C., October 30-November 3, 2011

  10. B. Goddard, W.S. Charlton, C. Gariazzo, P. Peerani, "A Concept for Quantitative NDA MOX Measurements Using Only Neutron Radiation", 52nd Annual Meeting of the Institute for Nuclear Materials Management (INMM), Palm Desert, CA, July 17-21, 2011.

  11. C.A. Gariazzo, S.S. Chirayath, "Advancing a Systems Optimization Tool for Monitoring Special Nuclear Material", 52nd Annual Meeting of the Institute for Nuclear Materials Management (INMM), Palm Desert, CA, July 17-21, 2011.

  12. C. Gariazzo, S. Chirayath, "Developing a Systems Optimization Tool for Monitoring Special Nuclear Material", 33rd ESARDA Annual Meeting: Symposium on Safeguards and Nuclear Material Management, May 16-20, 2011, Budapest, Hungary.

  13. C. Gariazzo, C. Marianno, D. Cui, X. Cheng, and L. Shao, "A Flexible, Si-Based Neutron Detector for Safeguards Applications", 51st Annual Meeting for the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, Baltimore, Maryland, July 11-15, 2010.

  14. P.C. Durst Claudio Gariazzo, "The Prospect of a Revitalized Russian and American Nuclear Safeguards Partnership", 50th Annual Meeting of INMM, Tucson, AZ, July 12-16, 2009.

  15. W.S. Charlton, R.F. Leboeuff, C. Gariazzo, D.G. Ford, C. Beard, S. Lsberger, and M. Whitaker, "Proliferation Resistance Assessment Methodology for Nuclear Fuel Cycles", Nuclear Technology, 157 (2007).