Publications
2025 Assessment of radionuclide dispersion and radiation dose for a hypothetical VVER-1200 accident in Zimbabwe
Annals of Nuclear Energy, 224 (2025), 111733.
Authors: S. Birikorang, S. Chiyangwa, and V. Agbodemegbe
2025 Assessing the Feasibility and Risks of Small Modular Reactor Deployment in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Geopolitical and Security Analysis
INMM25: Advancing Nuclear Materials Management for a Safer Tomorrow, August 24–28, 2025. Washington, DC.
Authors: S. Adu, S. Birikorang, Z. Ndum, M. Yim, and C. Marianno
2025 Pebble-Bed and TRISO-Fueled Reactor Nonproliferation Workshop at Texas A&M University
INMM25: Advancing Nuclear Materials Management for a Safer Tomorrow, August 24–28, 2025. Washington, DC.
Authors: G. Long, C. Mathew, K. Ragusa, M. Yim, and T. DeGuirre
2025 Applying Normalization Methods to Advanced Experimental Fuel Counter Measurements for Fissile Mass Quantification in Unirradiated Fuel
INMM25: Advancing Nuclear Materials Management for a Safer Tomorrow, August 24–28, 2025. Washington, DC.
Authors: G. Long, M. Watson, M. Ruch
2025 The Activities of the Texas A&M University Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Student Chapter
INMM25: Advancing Nuclear Materials Management for a Safer Tomorrow, August 24–28, 2025. Washington, DC.
Authors: G. Long, C. Mathew, K. Ragusa, M. Yim, T. DeGuirre
2025 Managing the Nuclear Security Risks of Nuclear Power Development in West Africa
INMM25: Advancing Nuclear Materials Management for a Safer Tomorrow, August 24–28, 2025. Washington, DC.
Authors: S. Birikorang, M. Yim, C. Marianno, and M. Fuhrmann
2025 A Case Study of Radionuclide Dispersion from Potential Nuclear Power Plant Accidents in Ghana
INMM25: Advancing Nuclear Materials Management for a Safer Tomorrow, August 24–28, 2025. Washington, DC.
Authors: S. Birikorang and S. Dahunsi
2025 Investigating the Use of Radiation Sources for Detection and Deterrence of Illegal Rhinoceros Horn Poaching
Ph.D. Dissertation, Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (2025).
Authors: J. Hillis Clark
2025 Addressing Regulatory Gaps in Uranium Transport: A SADC Case Study
21st International Symposium on the Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Materials (PATRAM 2025), July 27 to August 1, 2025, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Authors: S. Adu, H. Foy, K. Velichkov, and S. Birikorang
2025 Assessment of Security Risks in the Shipment of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Ghana Case Study
21st International Symposium on the Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Materials (PATRAM 2025), July 27 to August 1, 2025, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Authors: S. Birikorang, S. Adu, and Z. Ndum
2025 Analysis of incorporating Gamma Detectors in an in-line Neutron Well Counter for Nuclear Material Control and Accountability
Symposium on Radiation Measurements and Applications (SORMA), 21-24 July 2025, Berkeley, California.
Authors: J. Corder, M. Easley, C. Mathew, L. Wood, and C. Marianno
2025 Optimizing the Number of Angles for Reconstructing a 2D Image from a Hardware Radon Transform
Symposium on Radiation Measurements and Applications (SORMA), 21-24 July 2025, Berkeley, California.
Authors: C. Marianno, J. Ellsworth, and W. Sanders
2025 Special Nuclear Material Mass Estimates from Singles Rate
Symposium on Radiation Measurements and Applications (SORMA), 21-24 July 2025, Berkeley, California.
Authors: N. Putnam, C. Marianno, N. Whitman, and S. Meijer
2025 Development of Emergency Planning Zones for Ghana’s Proposed Nuclear Plant Based on Radioactivity Releases from Hypothetical Accident Scenarios
Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations, 2025(1), 8876882.
Authors: S. Birikorang, A. Blay, and E. Awuah
2025 Assessment of Radiation Dose Rates on Live White Rhinoceroses for Conservation Applications
Health Physics Society 70th Annual Meeting, 13-17 July 2025, Madison, WI.
Authors: C. Marianno, J. Hillis, J. Larkin
2025 Evaluation of the Domino Micro-Structured Semiconductor Neutron Detector for Applications in Nuclear Material Management
Ph.D. Interdisciplinary Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (2025).
Authors: N. Wehmann
2025 Assessing nuclear energy and radiological risks: a case study of radionuclide dispersion from potential nuclear power plant accidents in Ghana.
Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 2025 Apr 7;201(5):333-350.
Authors: S. Birikorang, S. Dahunsi, S. Adu, C. Nketia, and A. Blay
2025 Preliminary Study of Dose Rates to Rhinoceros Basal Cells from a Radioactive Source to Deter Poaching
Health Physics, accepted for publication. Available online March 19, 2025.
Authors: J. Hillis, C. Marianno, T. Johnson, and J. Larkin
2024 MC-15 Neutron Multiplicity Counter Characterization for Dosimetry and Spectroscopy Applications
Ph.D. Dissertation, Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (2024).
Authors: H. Kistle
2024 Evaluating the proliferation resistance of plutonium in Light water reactor spent fuel from recycled reprocessed uranium
2024 Monte Carlo Simulations of Spent Nuclear Fuel Dry Storage Cask Measurements with a New External Remote Monitoring System for Developing Safeguards Approaches
Nuclear Technology, 211, 6 (2024).
Authors: J. King, C.M. Marianno, and S.S. Chirayath
2024 Evaluation of neutron dosimetry capabilities with the MC-15 portable multiplicity counter
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment,\r\n1066 (2024).
Authors: H. Kistle, J. Hutchinson, S. Dewji, R. Weldon, and M. Nelson
2024 Simulation and Experimental Validation of the Effect of Neutron Absorbing Control Elements in Used Fuel on Advanced Experimental Fuel Counter Measurements
Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Annual Meeting, 21-25 July 2024, Portland, Oregon.
Authors: G. Long, G. Gabrieli, M. Ruch, U. Steinitz, A. Pesach, and I. Levi
2024 Localization and Quantification of Nuclear Material in Hot Laboratories: A Geometric Solution for NMC&A
Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Annual Meeting, 21-25 July 2024, Portland, Oregon.
Authors: D. Frank, M. Dzur, S. Chirayath, F. Naqvi, R. Weinmann-Smith, P. Simon, P. O'Neal, Q. Burke
2024 Analysis of Incorporating Cadmium Zinc Telluride Detectors in an in-line Neutron Well Counter for Nuclear Material Accounting
Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Annual Meeting, 21-25 July 2024, Portland, Oregon.
Authors: J. Corder and C. Marianno
2024 Verify the feasibility of the mobile NRTA setup with GEANT4 simulation
Poster, Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Annual Meeting, 21-25 July 2024, Portland, Oregon.
Authors: S. Son, H. Watts, and F. Naqvi
2024 Critical Analysis of Security of Radioactive Sources in Sub-Saharan Africa
Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Annual Meeting, 21-25 July 2024, Portland, Oregon.
Authors: S. Adu
2024 The Nuclear Security and Safeguards Education Portal (NSSEP): Online Nuclear Security and Safeguards Education Resources at Texas A&M University
Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Annual Meeting, 21-25 July 2024, Portland, Oregon.
Authors: K. Ragusa, and C. Marianno
2024 Heavy metal loading effects on special nuclear material and waste of an uprated Indonesian Reaktor Daya Eksperimental (RDE)
Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Accepted for Publication. Available online 20 July 2024.
Authors: D. Mulyana, T. Setiaipura, and I. Ngarayana
2024 The IAEA Nuclear Knowledge Management School at Texas A&M University: Implementation Review and Lessons Learned
IAEA International Conference on Nuclear Knowledge Management and Human Resources Development, 1-5 July 2024, Vienna, Austria
Authors: K. Ragusa, J. Crenshaw, and C. Marianno
2024 Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Deployment in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA): Addressing Nuclear Security Threats
International Conference on Nuclear Security: Shaping the Future, 20-24 May 2024, Vienna, Austria.
Authors: S. Adu
2024 A Method to Distinguish Background Neutron Sources from Sources Out of Regulatory Control Using a Mobile Radiation Search System
International Conference on Nuclear Security: Shaping the Future, 20-24 May 2024, Vienna, Austria.
Authors: C. Marianno
2024 Testing the Benefits of Using Silicon Photomultipliers on Organic Scintillator Portal Monitors
M.S. Thesis, Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (2024).
Authors: W. Schmidt
2024 Nuclear Safeguards Feasibility Study for a Molten Salt Reactor Using MCNP Modeling and Simulations
M.S. Thesis, Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (2024).
Authors: M. Derman
2024 Development and Verification of a Nuclear Forensics Methodology for the Attribution of Plutonium Using Data Science Methods
Ph.D. Dissertation, Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (2024).
Authors: P. O'Neal
2024 Systematic Uncertainty Quantification Of MCNP Predicted Nuclide Concentrations In Fuel Burnup Simulations
M.S. Thesis, Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (2024).
Authors: S.N. Cerezo
2024 Challenges in nuclear energy adoption: Why nuclear energy newcomer countries put nuclear power programs on hold?
Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 56,4 (2024).
Authors: P. Kim, H. Yasmine, M.S. Yim, and S.S. Chirayath
2024 Assessing the nuclear weapons proliferation risks in nuclear energy newcomer countries: The case of small modular reactors
Nuclear Engineering and Technology, available online: 13 March 2024.
Authors: P. Kim, S.S. Chirayath
2024 A Gamma Spectroscopy-Based Non-Destructive Approach for Pebble Bed Reactor Safeguards
2024 Effects of multi-recycling of uranium reprocessed from spent nuclear fuel on the proliferation resistance of plutonium and uranium
2024 Examination of Deep Learning Algorithm for Nuclear Proliferation Risk Modeling
2023 Proliferation Resistance Analysis of Multiple Recycling of Re-enriched Reprocessed Uranium Fuel in Commercial Light Water Reactors
M.S. Thesis, Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (2023).
Authors: M. Yildiz Sakarya
2023 Validation of a Machine-learning-based Nuclear Forensics Methodology for the Discrimination of a Chemically Separated Plutonium Sample from Low-enriched Uranium
Nuclear Science and Engineering, available online: 14 November 2023.
Authors: P. ONeal, S. Martinson, S.S. Chirayath
2023 Neutron Measurements and Monte Carlo Simulations of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Dry Cask Storage Using a New Remote Monitoring System Prototype
Nuclear Science and Engineering, 197,12 (2023).
Authors: J.W. King, C.M. Marianno, S.S. Chirayath
2023 Human Reliability Programs in Industries of National Importance for Safety and Security
2023 Road to a Sustainable Human Reliability Program and Implementation Strategy
Human Reliability Programs in Industries of National Importance for Safety and Security, Springer Nature, Singapore (2023).
Authors: S. Chirayath, O. Acuna
2023 Investigations on the Pu to Cm-244 Ratio Method for Pu Accountancy in Pyroprocessing
Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 55,10 (2023).
Authors: S. Chirayath, H. Boo, S.M. Woo
2023 Insider Threats and Strategies to Manage Insider Risk
Human Reliability Programs in Industries of National Importance for Safety and Security, Springer Nature, Singapore (2023).
Authors: S. Chirayath
2023 Insider Threat Case Studies from Industry
Human Reliability Programs in Industries of National Importance for Safety and Security, Springer Nature, Singapore (2023).
Authors: K. Ragusa, S. Chirayath