National Center for Nuclear Security: The Nuclear Forensics Project (F2012)
These presentation visuals introduce the National Center for Nuclear Security. Its chartered mission is to enhance the Nation’s verification and detection capabilities in support of nuclear arms control and nonproliferation through R&D activities at the NNSS. It has three focus areas: Treaty Verification Technologies, Nonproliferation Technologies, and Technical Nuclear Forensics. The objectives of nuclear forensics are to reduce uncertainty in the nuclear forensics process & improve the scientific defensibility of nuclear forensics conclusions when applied to nearsurface nuclear detonations. Research is in four key areas: Nuclear Physics, Debris collection and analysis, Prompt diagnostics, and Radiochemistry.
- Research Organization:
- Nevada Test Site (NTS), Mercury, NV (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE NA Office of Nonproliferation and Verification Research and Development (NA-22)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC52-06NA25946
- OSTI ID:
- 1062993
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/NV/25946-1457
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: MARC XI Conference; Kona; March 25-30, 2012
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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