NSSC Awarded Additional $25M NNSA Grant for Nuclear Science and Security Research

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Through Grant, Consortium of Eight Universities to Continue Work with Nuclear Labs on Research & Development

WASHINGTON – The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced a grant award of $25 million to a University of California, Berkeley-led consortium of eight universities for research and development (R&D) in nuclear science and security. This long-term investment will support the consortium at $5 million per year for five years. The grant, awarded for the second time to the Berkeley-led consortium, followed announcement of a funding opportunity issued in May 2015.

The other consortium members include Michigan State University; the University of California, Davis; the University of California, Irvine; the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; George Washington University; Texas A&M University; and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. These eight universities partner with five national laboratories: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratories.

“NNSA pursues its mission in nuclear security through the application of world-class capabilities, and meets the evolving challenges of tomorrow through our commitment to innovation and research in the fundamental sciences needed to adapt to this dynamic yet enduring nonproliferation and nuclear security mission,” said Anne Harrington, NNSA Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation. “I am confident that more basic research efforts in academia will complement the applied efforts of the national laboratories and industry in supporting the critically important national security goals of our country.”

One of the missions of the NNSA is to lead investment in the R&D of new technologies in support of the Nation’s nuclear security and nonproliferation goals. To meet this mission, DOE/NNSA sponsors R&D across all disciplines of nuclear science and security. The consortium’s three primary objectives supporting this mission are:

  • Provide an effective conduit for integration of basic academic and applied national laboratory research.
  • Provide basic research in concepts, technologies, and paradigms that is complementary to lab research and required for meeting the nonproliferation mission.
  • Prepare new nonproliferation experts for careers in the DOE laboratories and related federal service.

The new consortium will carry out R&D in four technical areas: nuclear and particle physics; radiochemistry and forensics; nuclear engineering; and nuclear instrumentation and radiation detection. Linking these R&D areas are four crosscutting disciplines: nuclear data; modeling and simulation; nuclear security policy; and education and training. Together they provide a framework that yields new ideas, relevant technology developments, and equips personnel with the integrated capabilities required for the nuclear security mission. Other non-DOE organizations that will benefit from the consortium include the Departments of State, Defense, Homeland Security, Justice, and the Intelligence Community.

 

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2016 ACS Nuclear Chemistry Summer Schools

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The Division of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology of the American Chemical Society (ACS) is sponsoring two six-week Summer Schools in Nuclear and Radiochemistry for undergraduates. The Schools are held at Brookhaven National Laboratory (Eastern Site, Long Island, NY) and San Jose State University (Western Site, San Jose, CA).
Fellowships include a stipend of $4000, all tuition and fees, transportation to and from the Summer School location, housing, books, and laboratory supplies. Transferable college credit will be awarded through the ACS accredited chemistry programs at San Jose State University (7 units) or the State University of New York at Stony Brook (6 units).
Candidates should be undergraduates with an interest in nuclear science who are presently in their sophomore or junior year of study at a US college or university. They should have completed at least two years of chemistry, one year of physics and one year of calculus. Applicants must be US citizens.
The deadline for applications is Feb 1, 2016.
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NSSC will offer the Public Policy and Nuclear Threats Boot Camp in Summer 2016

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The Public Policy and Nuclear Threats (PPNT) Boot Camp is a multi-day workshop hosted by the Institute of Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) at the University of California, San Diego. The program is designed to provide students with the necessary tools to contribute to the debate on nuclear security policy, addressing technical, legal, and policy aspects of nonproliferation. The boot camp features lectures, discussions, debates and policy simulations. Seminars are delivered by distinguished researchers; academics; policy officials; and specialists from the University of California system and other leading universities; the National Security Council; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories; the International Atomic Energy Agency; and federal government agencies such as DNDO (Domestic Nuclear Detection Office), and the Office of the Secretary of Defense, dealing with nuclear policy, nuclear threats, detection, and safeguard issues.

Next year’s program will run from June 19 – June 29, 2016, and will be held at UC San Diego.

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