Nuclear Science and Security Consortium (NSSC) Overview

Eric B. NormanUniversity of California at Berkeley

June 25, 2012

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Nuclear Science and Security Consortium

• Research Project Title: Nuclear Science and Security Consortium

• Award Institution: DOE NNSA

• Lead Organization: University of California at Berkeley

• Participating Universities: MSU, UCD, UCI, UCSD-IGCC, UNLV, WUSTL (A wider network includes five Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Hispanic-Serving Institutions)

• Participating Laboratories: LBNL, LANL, LLNL, SNL (+ PNNL)

• Lead PI: Prof. Jasmina Vujic, University of California, Berkeley

• Executive Director: Prof. Karl Van Bibber, University of California, Berkeley

• External Advisory Board Chair: Dr. Jay Davis, President of the Hertz Foundations

• Award Amount: $25 million for 5 years (2011 – 2016)

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NSSC GOALS

• Participating NSSC faculty members from nuclear engineering, chemistry, physics, and public policy departments at seven universities plan to collaborate in a fashion that mirrors the interdisciplinary model at national laboratories.

• Attract the best and the brightest individuals to the NSSC participating universities and establish a pipeline of well rounded professionals with a working knowledge of the full breadth of skills needed to meet nuclear security mission needs.

• Transparently and effectively link University-based basic and applied science research to technology developments relevant to the nuclear security mission at National Security Laboratories.

• Through adjunct professorships and appointments, lab-hosted summer school courses, and mission-centric workshops, the consortium will allow university students and researchers access to the facilities and research available to our national laboratories. This will enable collaborative efforts with world class researchers at our national labs.

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NSSC Organization Chart & POC

Van Bibber

Davis

Davis

VanBibber

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Updates

• Hiring at UCB:

– Karen Wong, Administrative Officer at 100%

– Derek Johnson, Financial Analyst, at 50%

– Scott Parker, Technical Assistant at 50%

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Illustration of the diversity and breath of NSSC participants, including primarily undergraduate institutions and HBCUs

NSSC NETWORK

A wider network includes five Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and Hispanic-Serving Institutions and their connections, plus ten primarily undergraduate colleges

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Education and Training Pipeline

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NSSC Award Announcement

Remarks by Deputy Administrator Anne M. Harrington at the Fourth Annual LDRD Symposium, June 9, 2011, University of California

Washington Center, Washington, D.C.

• We recognize the need to invest in research and development for two reasons.

• First, we need to create new technologies to detect nuclear proliferation or testing, and to monitor compliance with nuclear nonproliferation and arms control agreements.

• Second, and perhaps most importantly, we need to invest in the next generation of nuclear nonproliferation expertise and provide links between the talented students in our universities and the nonproliferation challenges that our national laboratories will confront in the future.

• To me, this is key. Investing in the scientific and technical underpinnings of our program is critical to implementing the Presidentʼs nuclear security agenda and to preventing nuclear terrorism or nuclear proliferation.

• I am happy to announce the creation of this consortium as it begins a new chapter in our academic-laboratory relationship. I would like to especially congratulate the University of California at Berkeley, as the lead institution, and the other university consortium members for the outstanding proposal they submitted.

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The Overview of the NSSC Institutions

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Participant RolesParticipating

Institutions (POCs)

Education Nuclear Physics Nuclear and

Radiation Chemistry

Nuclear Engineering Nuclear Instrumentation Policy

Lead Faculty

J. Vujic

UCB NE

Lead Faculty

E. Norman,

UCB NE

Lead Faculty

H. Nitche

UCB Chem

Lead Faculty

P. Peterson

UCB NE

Lead Faculty

K. Vetter

UCB NE

Lead Faculty

M. Nacht

UCB Policy

UCB

J. Siegrist All

E. Norman,

K. Vetter,

J. Siegrist

H. Nitsche

S. Prussin

P. Peterson,

J. Vujic,

J. Siegrist

K. Vetter, D.Chivers,

S. Prussin,

J. Siegrist

M. Nacht

S. Prussin

MSU

B. Sherrill All

A. Gade, H. Iwasaki,

B. Sherrill, S. Liddick

M. Thoennessen,

D. Weisshaar

B. Sherrill A. Gade,

M.Thoennessen,

D. Weisshaar

S. Liddick

UCD

M. Tripathi All

M. Tripathi,

R. Svoboda

M. Laguna-Solar R. Svoboda,

M. Tripathi,

M. Lerche

UCI

G. Miller All

G. Miller,

M. Nilsson,

W. Cooper

J. Mukherjee,

A. Shaka

G. Miller,

R. Detwiler,

M. Nilsson,

N. Bagherzadeh

O. Boyraz

UC/IGCC

S. Shirk All

S. Shirk,

R. Brown

UNLV

K. Czerwinski All

K. Czerwinski

R. Sudowe

M. Pravica

WU

S. Lapi All

S. Lapi

L. Sobotka

LANL

D. Holden

N. Sauer,

G. Jarvinen,

S. Kozimor

A. Couture E. Garcia

A. Gaunt

K. John

G. Jarvinen

M. Nortier

S. Tobin,

S. Scott,

E. Pitcher,

D. Anderson,

G. Jarvinen

S. Tobin, R. Rundberg N. J. Nickolas

LBNL

J. Symons

K. Vetter L. Phair,

Y-D. Chan,

A. Smith

H. Nitsche B. Ludewigt,

B. Quiter

M. Amman, B. Quiter

E. Bourret, J. Detwiler,

Y-D Chan, I Yang Lee,

P. Luke, L. Mihailescu,

LLNL

J. De Pruneda

A. Kersting,

D. McCallen

C-Y. Wu,

N. Scielzo, J. Burke,

E. Hartouni,

M. Stoyer

I. Hucheon,

K. Knight,

J. Kenneally,

M. Kristo

D. McCallen; M.S.

Johnson, J.M. Hall,

D.P. McNabb

M-A. Descalle,

S. Payne

M. Dreicer

SNL

P. Marleau

J. Lund P. Marleau,

E. Brubaker,

J. Lund

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NSSC Elements:People and Facilities

Students

Curriculum Facilities

Senior Researchers

Basic

Science

Nuclear

Policy

Transformative Technology

EducationalEducational

Mission

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NSSC Nuclear and Particle Physics

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Lead Faculty: E. B. Norman (Nuclear Engineering, UCB)

Key Personnel and Collaborators: S. Prussin, K. Vetter (Nuclear

Engineering, UCB); J. Siegrist (Physics, UCB); A. Gade, H. Iwasaki, B.

Sherrill, M. Thoennessen, D. Weisshaar (Physics, MSU); S. Liddick

(Chemistry, MSU); M. Tripathi, R. Svoboda (Physics, UCD), C-Y. Wu, N.

Scielzo, J. Burke, E. Hartouni, M. Stoyer (LLNL); L. Phair, B. Ludewigt, Y-D.

Chan, A. Smith (LBNL); A. Couture, M.Nortier, S. Wender (LANL)

Effort supported by the NSSC in this focus area: 7 faculty, 3 postdocs, 10

grad students, 5 undergrads

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Lead Faculty: H. Nitsche (Chemistry, UCB)

Key Personnel and Collaborators: S. Prussin (Nuclear Engineering,

UCB); K. Czerwinski (Chemistry, UNLV), R. Sudowe (Health Physics,

UNLV); M. Laguna-Solar (Physics, UCD); B. Sherrill (Physics, MSU);

S. Lapi (Radiology, WU), L. Sobotka (Chemistry and Physics, WU); G.

Miller, W. Cooper, A. Shaka (Chemistry, UCI), M. Nilsson (Chemical

Engineering and Materials Science, UCI), J. Mukherjee (Radiological

Sciences, UCI); I. Hucheon, K. Knight, J. Kenneally, M. Kristo

(LLNL); E. Garcia, A. Gaunt, K. John, G. Jarvinen, M. Wilkerson

(LANL)

Effort supported by the NSSC in this focus area: 5 faculty, 4 postdocs,

10 grad students, 5 undergrads

NSSC Nuclear and RadioChemistry

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NSSC Nuclear Instrumentation

Lead Faculty: Kai Vetter (Nuclear Engineering, UCB)

Key Personnel and Collaborators

– UC Berkeley: S. Prussin, D. Chivers (Nuclear Engineering); J. Siegrist (Physics)

– MSU: A. Gade, M. Thoennessen, D. Weisshaar, S. Liddick

– UC Davis: R. Svoboda, M. Tripathi, M. Lerche

– LANL: S. Tobin, R. Rundberg

– LBNL: M. Amman, E. Bourret, Y-D Chan, J. Detwiler, I-Y Lee, L. Mihailescu, B. Quiter

– SNL: P. Marleau, E. Brubaker, S. Kiff, D. Reyna

– LLNL : N. Cherepy, M-A Descalle

Effort supported by the NSSC in this focus area

– 3 faculty, 2 researchers, 3 postdocs, 7 grad students, 6 undergrads, 1 technical staff

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NSSC Nuclear Engineering

• Lead Faculty: P. Peterson (Nuclear Engineering, UCB)

• Key Personnel and Collaborators:

– J. Vujic (Nuclear Engineering, UCB); J. Siegrist (Physics, UCB); G.

Miller, R. Detwiler, M. Nilsson (Chemistry, UCI), N. Bagherzadeh,

O. Boyraz (EECS, UCI); M. Pravica (Physics, UNLV); B.

Ludewigt, B. Quiter , V. Mozin (LBNL); S. Tobin, S. Scott, D.

Anderson, G. Jarvinen, E. Pitcher (LANL); D. McCallen, M.S.

Johnson, J.M. Hall, and D.P. McNabb (LLNL)

• Effort supported by the NSSC in this focus area: 3 faculty, 2 post-

docs, 5 grad students, 5 undergrads.

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NSSC Nuclear Security International Policy and Nuclear Security Program

• Lead Faculty: Michael Nacht – (School of Public Policy, UCB)

• Key Personnel and Collaborators:

– S. Prussin (Nuclear Engineering, UCB),

– S. Shirk (IGCC, UC),

– Henry Abarbanel (IGCC, UC),

– R. Brown (Political Science, Temple University),

– M. Dreicer (LLNL), N. J. Nickolas (LANL)

• Effort supported by the NSSC in this focus area: 4 faculty, 2 post-

docs, 3 grad students, 6 undergrads

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NSSC Student Selection Process

• The NSSC PI’s recruit students to the program, and provide selection information to the POC in each institution:

– Student name

– Initial scientific area of students research

– Relevance to NA-22 program

– National Lab contact/supervisor/mentor

– Tentative National Lab residence dates

– Expected date for qualifying exam for grad students

– Expected date for degree completion

• The Points of Contact (POC) at each institution have budget responsibility for that institution.

• Students sometimes change direction prior to the qualifier. Flexibility allows broader recruiting.

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NSSC Integration & Synergies

Nuclear

Instrumentation

ResearchResearchEducation

National Laboratories

National Security Policy

Nuclear PhysicsNuclear Chemistry

Nuclear EngineeringNuclear Engineering

Infrastructure

Equipment

� Enhance curriculum

� Graduate levels

courses and labs

� Summer schools

� High-resolution spectroscopy

� Neutron and γ-ray imaging

� Detector fabrication

� Materials development

� …

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NSSC: Program and Curriculum Development

• The Radiochemistry Program at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

• Development of Minors and Concentrations in Nuclear Science and Engineering (UCI)

• Development of a Designated Emphasis in Nuclear Science - DENS (UCD)

• Development of new courses and/or modification of existing (UCB, UCD, UCI, MSU, UNLV, WUSTL)

• Nuclear Science and Security: Policy and Technical Dimensions Webcast Graduate Course

• WU Nuclear and Radiochemistry Education

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Cross-Campus Collaboration

• Main NSSC Web Site at UCB with links to all university partners classes, summer schools, workshops, research projects Web pages – http://nssc.berkeley.edu/

• Interactive Calendar of Events;

• Webinars, Online classrooms, Online laboratories;

• Curricula sharing;

• Web archiving of lectures, seminars, workshops;

• In addition to text content such as lecture notes and course assignments, Webinars and Online classrooms incorporate message boards, chat rooms, and other multimedia technologies.

• Students receiving credits for class work done at multiple locations.

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New UCB Courses

• Policy and Technical Dimensions Topics: A new course first offered at UC Berkeley, Spring 2012 by Professors Michael Nacht (Public Policy) and Stan Prussin (Nuclear Engineering).

• Radiochemical Methods in Nuclear Technology and Forensics: A new course to be offered jointly by the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Nuclear Engineering (Professor Heino Nitsche)

• Nuclear Chemistry, Nuclear Engineering and Nuclear Physics for

Nuclear Forensics: A new course to be offered jointly by the Departments of Chemistry, Physics, and Nuclear Engineering (Professor Heino Nitsche)

• Nuclear Engineering 102: Nuclear Reactions and Radiation Laboratory (3 units) (Prof. Eric Norman)

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UC Institute on Global Conflict and CooperationPublic Policy and Nuclear Threat (PPNT) Program

• National Science Foundation (NSF) Program Foundations

– Began in 2003 as a NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) Program, http://www.igert.org/projects/41

– Supports national weapons laboratories, government agencies, and academics in training for the future, revitalizing expertise lost since the 1990s from budget cuts and a graying workforce.

• 3 Primary Components

– Three-week summer PPNT “Bootcamp” (end of July through third week of August)

– Annual alumni PPNT Winter Conference (late March or early April)

– Social networks and email to continue communications

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Exotic Beam Summer School (MSU)

Tenth Exotic Beam Summer School - EBSS2011

July 35-30, 2011 at NSCL/MSU

• The EBSS is held every year rotating between

MSU, ORNL, ANL, and LBL

• One week of intense lectures and hands-on

activities

• ~40-50 graduate students and post-docs

• The aim of this annual school is to educate young

researchers on the excitement and challenges of radioactive

ion beam physics.

• A unique feature of this summer school series is the hands-

on activities where students spend their afternoons in the

lab of a radioactive beam facility, learning about the

techniques and instrumentation needed to carry out

experiments with unstable beams.

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NSSC Summer Schools

• Advanced Summer School in Radiation Detection Measurements – established 2008 and co-chaired by Kai Vetter, UCB & Hiroyuki Takahashi, Univ. Tokyo

– Basic and advanced concepts in radiation detection, combination of lectures, tours, and experiments

• The 4th Advanced School in Radiation Detection and Measurements, Munich, July 25-29, 2011 (organized by UCB, TUM, and U of Tokyo)

• New summer school program at MNRC, UCD

– Operation of reactor, health physics, neutron activation analysis, neutron radiography & tomography,…

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Continuous Improvement

• External Advisory Board: meet once per year

• External Advisory Board Chair: Dr. Jay Davis, President of the Hertz Foundations

– Dr. Davis, the Founding Director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and the Founding Director of the Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), currently serves as President of the Hertz Foundation.

– For his contributions to national security as founding Director of the DTRA, he was twice awarded the Distinguished Public Service Medal, the Department of Defense's highest civilian award.

– Dr. Davis received his BA in Physics from the University of Texas (1963), his MA in Physics from the University of Texas (1964), and his PhD in Physics from the University of Wisconsin (1969). He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.

• University and Lab POC will discuss with Focus Area Leads and Management ideas for improvement:

– Feedback from summer school program; Student feedback from courses of instruction; External advice; Agency perspectives; Self-assessment of progress

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NSSC: Outcome

• Students will emerge from the program with the appropriate skill sets and knowledge of the National Security Lab system that will allow them to pursue careers in the nuclear security area, as well as provide the next generation of leadership.

• New programs, options, curricula, courses, summer schools and training programs will be developed.

• We expect an ongoing flow of up to 30 advanced students per year.

• We will support joint post-doctoral and early-career appointments with the participating laboratories.

• We will support early-career professorships and adjunct appointments from the National Security Labs as part of the program.

• Technologies developed by the consortium will be transferred to national laboratories and will benefit the nation’s nuclear security mission.

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June 10, 2011 NSSC Kick-Off-Meeting