Global concern for the illicit transportation and trafficking of nuclear materials and other
radioactive sources is on the rise, with efficient and rapid security and non-proliferation …

As useful to students and nuclear professionals as its popular predecessors, this fifth edition
provides the most up-to-date and accessible introduction to radiation detector materials …

Imaging of nuclear fuel using radiation has been carried out for decades for a variety of
reasons. Two important reasons are Physical Invertory Verification (PIV) and Quality …

Near-monoenergetic photon sources at MeV energies offer improved sensitivity at greatly
reduced dose for active interrogation, and new capabilities in treaty verification …

A series of fluorescent silyl-fluorene molecules were synthesized and studied with respect to
their photophysical properties and response toward ionizing neutron and gamma-ray …

The detection and characterization of highly enriched uranium (HEU) presents a large
challenge in the non-proliferation field. HEU has a low neutron emission rate and most …

Weapons-grade uranium and plutonium could be used as nuclear explosives with extreme
destructive potential. The problem of their detection, especially in standard cargo containers …

Active interrogation (AI) is a promising technique to detect shielded special nuclear
materials (SNMs). At the University of Michigan, we are developing a photon-based AI …

Gamma-ray spectroscopy is a critical research and development priority to a range of
nuclear security missions, specifically the interdiction of special nuclear material involving …

Detecting shielded special nuclear material, such as nuclear explosives, is a difficult
challenge pursued by non-proliferation, anti-terrorism, and nuclear security programs …