
NSSC SUMMER 2O2O NEWSLETTER:
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Recording of NSSC Student and Postdoc presentations from June 2, 2020:
Recording of NSSC Student and Postdoc presentations from June 3, 2020:
Agenda for the event follows.
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Schedule for Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Nuclear and Particle Physics and Nuclear Policy
Timing (PST) | Presenters | Institution | Topic |
8:15 am | – | – | Online Meeting Begins |
8:30 – 8:35 | Dr. Bethany Goldblum | University of California, Berkeley | Welcome and Introductory Remarks |
8:35 – 9:00 | Prof. Jasmina Vujic | University of California, Berkeley | NSSC Overview and Highlights Recording of presentation here. |
9:00 – 9:20 | Andrea Richard | Michigan State University | Indirect Neutron-Capture Constraints for Basic Research and Applications Recording of presentation here. |
9:20 – 9:35 | break | – | – |
9:35 – 9:55 | Adriana Sweet | University of California, Berkeley | Statistical Nuclear Properties of 93Sr for National Security Applications Recording of presentation here. |
9:55 – 10:15 | Vincent Fischer | University of California, Davis | Neutron Multiplicity and New Technologies with ANNIE Recording of presentation here. |
10:15 – 10:35 | Katherine Childers | Michigan State University | Validation of an Indirect Method for Constraining Neutron-Capture Cross Sections Recording of presentation here. |
10:35 – 10:50 | break | – | – |
10:50 – 11:10 | Eric Matthews | University of California, Berkeley | Independent and Cumulative Fission Yield Covariance Matrices for 61 Compound Systems Recording of presentation here. |
11:10 – 11:30 | Roy Ready | Michigan State University | Upgrades for an Improved Measurement of the Electric Dipole Moment of Radium-225 Recording of presentation here. |
11:30 – 11:50 | Andrew Reddie | University of California, Berkeley (now SNL) | Experimental Wargaming at the Nuclear Threshold (presentation will not be published online) Recording of presentation here. |
Schedule for Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Radiochemistry and Forensics
Timing (PST) | Presenter | Institution | Topic |
8:15 am | – | – | Online Meeting Begins |
8:30 – 8:35 | Dr. Bethany Goldblum | University of California, Berkeley | Welcome and Introductory Remarks |
8:35 – 8:50 | Prof. Jasmina Vujic | University of California, Berkeley | NSSC Research Overview Recording of presentation here. |
8:50 – 9:10 | August Ridenour | George Washington University | Metal-Organic Frameworks as a Platform for Probing Transplutonium Electronic Structure and Signatures Recording of presentation here. |
9:10 – 9:30 | Mark Straub | University of California, Berkeley | New Precursors for Actinide Nanomaterials Recording of presentation here. |
9:30 – 9:50 | Mariah Ramirez | Texas A&M University | Safeguards Analysis for Neptunium-237 in High-Level Used Fuel Waste Through Computational and Radiochemical Methods Recording of presentation here. |
9:50 – 10:05 | break |
Radiation Detection and Nuclear Instrumentation
Timing (PST) | Presenter | Institution | Topic |
10:05 – 10:25 | Aaron Nowack | University of Tennessee, Knoxville | 3D Modelling of Induced Fission Chains in Uranium Assemblies for Associated Particle Imaging Systems Recording of presentation here. |
10:25 – 10:45 | Juan Manfredi | University of California, Berkeley | Organic Scintillator Characterization for Neutron Detection Recording of presentation here. |
10:45 – 11:05 | J.R. Powers-Luhn | University of Tennessee, Knoxville | Neural-net-based imager offset estimation in fieldable associated particle imaging Recording of presentation here. |
11-05 – 11:20 | break | – | – |
11:20 – 11:40 | Joshua Smith | University of Tennessee, Knoxville | Synthesis of Li-containing garnet ceramics for dual-mode scintillators Recording of presentation here. |
11:40 – 12:00 | Jake Hecla | University of California, Berkeley | Measurements of Attenuation and Scattering in WbLS Recording of presentation here. |
12:00 – 12:20 | Mairead Montague | University of Tennessee, Knoxville | Radiation Hardness Characterization of LKH-5 Scintillating Glass Recording of presentation here. |