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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