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We can transition 
knowledge to 
students we are 
traning and they 
can contribute 
to the important 
topic of nuclear 
nonproliferation and 
safeguarding.

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Nuclear nonproliferation program 
will further research in the field 
The $25 million project will help prepare students to enter the security workforce

The 
University 
of 
Michigan 
began 
spearheading 
a 
new 
$25 
million 
nuclear 
nonproliferation program 
earlier this year to further 
nuclear 
research 
and 
prepare students to join 
the 
nuclear 
security 
workforce. The program, 
called the Consortium for 
Monitoring, 
Technology 
and Verification, is part of 
the College of Engineering’s 
Detection 
for 
Nuclear 
Nonproliferation 
Group 
and will work with 13 
national laboratories and 
14 universities. The effort 
is being funded by the 
National Nuclear Security 
Administration.
The Consortium MTV 
program aims to further 
research in three primary 
areas, 
called 
“thrusts,” 
which 
include 
particle 
detection, 
discovering 
the 
locations 
of 
secret 
nuclear weapons facilities 

and monitoring the globe 
for 
nuclear 
explosions, 
connecting 
more 
than 
200 
graduate 
and 
undergraduate 
students 
with 
laboratories, 
internships 
and 
fellowships.
Engineering 
professor 
Sara 
Pozzi, 
founder 
of 
DNNG, 
emphasized 
the 
importance 
of 
involving 
students in research.
“We 
can 
transition 
knowledge 
to 
students 
we are training and they 
can 
contribute 
to 
this 
important topic of nuclear 
nonproliferation 
and 
safeguarding,” Pozzi said. 
“We are providing a strong 
pipeline for the nuclear 
workforce in national labs, 
government and industry.”
The Consortium MTV 
will also provide funds 
for students to travel and 
attend graduate school.
Pozzi 
said 
she 
is 
particularly 
excited 
to 
be working with the Los 
Alamos 
National 
Lab, 
where the World War II-era 

Manhattan 
Project 
was 
conducted. The Manhattan 
Project was a research and 
development project led by 
the United States, with aid 
from the United Kingdom 
and Canada, which led to 
the creation of the first 
nuclear weapons. 
“Los Alamos has a long 
history going back to the 

Manhattan Project in 
the area of nuclear 
physics,” Pozzi said. 
“We’re working with 
some of the scientists 
at Los Alamos to delve 
into 
the 
physics 
of 
the 
fission 
project. 
We hope to deliver 
results 
and 
a 
new 
understanding of the 
fission process.”
Rackham 
student 
Michael Hua has been 
working 
with 
the 
Detection for Nuclear 
Nonproliferation 
Group since he was 
an undergraduate at 
the 
University. 
Hua 
stated he is currently 
interested in special 
nuclear 
materials, 
which 
can 
be 
used 
for clean energy or 
nuclear weapons. He 
said 
the 
University 
is a good place for 
students 
at 
both 
the 
undergraduate 
and 
graduate 
levels 
interested in nuclear 
technology.

“The 
University 
of 
Michigan is a fantastic 
research university and I 
think students at all levels 
should 
take 
advantage 
of 
our 
capabilities,” 
he 
said. 
“There 
are 
many 
reasons to research nuclear 
including 
fundamental 
science 
discoveries, 
developing public policy, 
and furthering what is a 
relatively young field of 
study. One of the biggest 
reasons is the ability to 
effect change, even at the 
undergraduate level.”
LSA 
senior 
Aditi 
Rajadhyaksha first became 
involved 
with 
nuclear 
research 
through 
the 
Undergraduate 
Research 
Opportunity Program her 
sophomore year. She said 
she has since developed a 
deep interest in the area 
and continued to research 
with DNNG.
“I joined the group my 
sophomore year and have 
been doing research in 
the 
group 
ever 
since,” 
Rajadhyaksha 
said. 
“I 
work 
on 
characterizing 
and 
improving 
the 
performance 
of 
organic 
scintillator 
detectors. 
Organic 
scintillator 
detectors detect nuclear 
radiation. They are used 
to detect the development 
of nuclear weapons and 
prevent nuclear terrorism.”
Rajadhyaksha said the 
funding and fellowships 
in the area of nuclear 
nonproliferation 
had 
a 
substantial 
influence 
on 
her 
undergraduate 
experience, as well as that 
of other students.
“(The 
fellowship) 
has 
given us the opportunity to 
make significant impacts 
in the field and gain useful 
research 
experience, 
ultimately 
allowing 
us 
and 
encouraging 
us 
to 
keep 
working 
in 
the 
field,” Rajadhyaksha said. 
“MTV will do the same 
for students like me who 
want to get involved in the 
field and work towards a 
safer world, free of nuclear 
proliferation.”

KATE JENKINS
Daily Staff Reporter

