The development of measurement methodologies to detect and monitor nuclear-relevant
materials remains a consistent and significant interest across the nuclear energy …

Studies related to U gas-phase oxidation through plasma-and thermo-chemistry are
important for many fields, including environmental monitoring, forensic analysis, debris …

Nuclear security is one of the defining challenges of our time. Nuclear threats range from
deliberate dispersal of radioactive material to contaminate the vital infrastructure to diversion …

We report on the analysis of pure gadolinium oxide (Gd2O3) and its detection when mixed in
surrogate nuclear debris using microwave-enhanced fiber-coupled micro-laser-induced …

In order to ensure the safety and economy of nuclear industry production, the analysis of
nuclear materials and other materials used in nuclear industry environments are usually …

The irradiation of the target surface by an ultrafast femtosecond (fs) laser pulse produces the
extreme non-equilibrium states of matter and subsequent phase transformations …

We investigate the oxidation of uranium (U) species, the physical conditions leading to
uranium monoxide (UO) formation and the interplay between plume hydrodynamics and …

Ultrafast laser ablation coupled with optical emission spectroscopy is currently under
development for standoff detection of elements and their isotopes for a wide range of …

In order to model the fate and transport of particles following a nuclear explosion, there must
first be an understanding of individual physical and chemical processes that affect particle …

The oscillator strengths of 43 transitions of neutral gadolinium from 530 to 535 nm were
determined based on high-resolution absorption spectra measured by probing a laser …