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The 2026 University Program Review Meeting was held at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in June 2026. Megan Shiferl (UCB) was awarded Best Oral Presentation “First Experimental LIBS Measurement of Protactinium”. Megan is a graduate student advised by Prof. Rebecca Abergel (UCB); and Dr. Jen Shusterman and Dr. Kevin Glennon (NSSC alumni) at LLNL. Dominic … Read more

NSSC Faculty, Prof. Bob Svoboda (UCD), has been selected to receive the 2024 APS DPF Instrumentation Award for his work on developing neutrons as a precision calibration source for Super-Kamiokande and for DUNE. He worked to develop a submersible neutron generator for Super-K that took the absolute energy calibration from 4% to 0.7%, allowing precision … Read more

NSSC Executive Director and UCBNE Professor, Bethany Goldblum, was elected to the Radiation Instrumentation Steering Committee (RISC) of the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society (NPSS). The RISC oversees and manages activities related to radiation instrumentation technology within the IEEE NPSS, including issues related to education, research and development. She will serve a three-year term beginning January 1, … Read more