The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration announced the establishment of a $25 million cooperative agreement with a University of Florida-led consortium of 16 universities for research in topical areas relevant to nuclear forensics. This long-term investment will support the consortium at $5 million per year for five years. The purpose of this consortium is to educate the next generation of nuclear forensic scientists and engineers while engaging in research and development spanning basic aspects of new technology and methods to programmatic work directly supporting the nuclear security and nonproliferation missions of NNSA. The establishment of this cooperative agreement followed the announcement of a funding opportunity issued in August 2022.
The other consortium member institutions include Oregon State University; University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Pennsylvania State University; Texas A&M University; City University of New York; University of Michigan; University of Tennessee, Knoxville; University of Central Florida; Clemson University; North Carolina State University; Notre Dame; Iowa State University; South Carolina State University; George Washington University; and University of California, Berkeley. These 16 universities partner with seven national laboratories: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Los Alamos National Laboratory; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Sandia National Laboratories; and Savannah River National Laboratory.
The award will bring $1.57M to UNLV Radiochemistry over five years with an estimated start in summer 2023. Ken Czerwinski and Art Gelis from radiochemistry are co-PI's on the project.
