Lee Bernstein is the Nuclear Data Focus Area Lead, and the Director for Laboratories at the Nuclear Science and Security Consortium. Bernstein’s work at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory was detailed by the Berkeley Lab News, in the article ” Filling in the Nuclear Data Gaps. Berkeley Lab researcher tackling common questions that cut across the field of nuclear science.” Read the full article here.

David Weisz, previously a NSSC Fellow at UC Berkeley, has been selected as the first-ever recipient of DHS/NTNFC’s Dr. Ian Hutcheon Postdoctoral Fellowship award. David will continue his research into the fundamental physics and chemistry of fallout formation, with application to post-detonation nuclear forensics at LLNL. NSSC extends our congratulations to David Weisz!

Bill Strunk, who serves as the lab mentor for several NSSC Students, was named as ORNL’s top scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratories Awards. Strunk receieved the Director’s Award for Outstanding Individual Accomplishment in Science and Technology in recognition of his leadership in the Laboratory’s uranium science and engineering programs

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