CSI comes to nuclear security

Journal Article · Tue Jan 24 23:00:00 EST 2017 · Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

OSTI ID:1351766

Davydov, Jerry S. ^[1]

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1. National Nuclear Security Administration, Washington, D.C. (United States)

Viewers of television cop shows like “CSI” or its many imitators are familiar with the idea of how forensics can be used to track down a culprit. If you watch and listen closely, you will notice that the detectives often refer to a national collection of crime scene DNA “fingerprints” held on file in a US federal database called CODIS, which helps to narrow down suspects. For example, after DNA has been picked up from a crime scene, it is entered into the system, and software then scans the voluminous database for a match to known previous offenders. The benefits of such a system in helping to narrow down and identify a list of likely suspects are obvious.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• Grant/Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1351766
• Journal Information: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Journal Name: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Journal Issue: Jan Vol. 2017; ISSN 0096-3402
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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