| AVS 55th International Symposium & Exhibition | |
| Nanometer-scale Science and Technology | Tuesday Sessions |
| Session NS-TuP |
| Session: | Poster Session |
| Presenter: | W.S. Duncan, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| Authors: | W.S. Duncan, Los Alamos National Laboratory A.D. Neuman, Los Alamos National Laboratory C.C. Davis, Los Alamos National Laboratory T.A. Nothwang, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| Correspondent: | Click to Email |
Half of the Department of Energy’s nuclear forensics scientists are expected to retire within the next 15 years but there continue to be around 10 confirmed cases of nuclear material trafficking each year.1,2 The Interfacial Science team of LANL’s Materials Science & Technology division is addressing this need for new nuclear forensics expertise by helping to create a database of actinide powder characteristics. This poster addresses physical characterization on a nanoscale level via microscopy and other methods in order to obtain microstructural and elemental composition as well as crystal structure of known powders.
1 Mayer, K., et al., CSI: Karlsruhe. Actinide Research Quarterly, 2007. 4th quarter: p. 1-9.
2 McKenna, Phil. NewScientist.com news service. 16 February 2008. http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn13336.