The Center for Nuclear Security Science and Policy Initiatives (NSSPI) welcomes Dr. Edward Jenner as its 2020-2021 Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow. The Stanton Nuclear Security Fellows Program supports young scholars to pursue policy-relevant technical research in nuclear security for a twelve-month period at Texas A&M University under the guidance of a faculty mentor. Fellowships are […]
Chirayath Named Specially Appointed Associate Professor in the Tokyo Tech World Research Hub Initiative
Center for Nuclear Security Science and Policy Initiatives (NSSPI) Director and Associate Professor of nuclear engineering at Texas A&M University Dr. Sunil Chirayath has been named to the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) World Research Hub Initiative (WRHI) as a specially appointed associate professor. WRHI is part of the Institute of Innovative Research at Tokyo […]
NSSPI Welcomes New Stanton Fellows
In September, two new Stanton Nuclear Security Fellows joined the Department of Nuclear Engineering and will be working with the Center for Nuclear Security Science and Policy Initiatives (NSSPI) for the 2018-2019 academic year. The Stanton Nuclear Security Fellows Program supports young scholars to pursue policy-relevant technical research in nuclear security for a twelve-month period […]
Group Hexavalent Actinide Separations: A New Approach to Used Nuclear Fuel Recycling
Abstract: This work demonstrates the first ever cocrystallization of Am(VI) with UO2(NO3)2·6H2O, a group cocrystallization of Np(VI)−Am(VI) with UO2(NO3)2·6H2O, a separation of An(VI) species from An(III) species, and a group separation of An(VI) from key fission products. This result opens the door to a new paradigm of nuclear fuel recycling, in which the bulk of […]
NSSPI Hosts Stanton Fellow to Research Proliferation Risk of Pyroprocessing
The TEES Center for Nuclear Security Science and Policy Initiatives (NSSPI) is currently hosting the first ever Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at Texas A&M University. Dr. Seung Min Woo is spending a year with NSSPI researching the value of pyroprocessing to reduce the proliferation risk of closed nuclear fuel cycles. He is working with Dr. […]