May 29, 2014

NNSA AWARDS $25M GRANT TO N.C. STATE TEAM FOR NONPROLIFERATION R&D

By ExchangeMonitor

A North Carolina State-led consortium has been awarded a $25 million grant by the National Nuclear Security Administration for research and development on nonproliferation capabilities. According to the NNSA, the team will perform research and development in methods for detecting foreign nuclear weapon proliferation activities, focusing on projects to enhance simulation capabilities, algorithms and modeling; evaluation models for detection sensors; new remote sensing capabilities; and data analysis for characterizing and detecting special nuclear materials.

The funding opportunity, first announced in May of 2013, will provide $5 million a year over five years. The consortium includes the University of Michigan, Purdue, the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Kansas State, Georgia Tech and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, and Los Alamos, Oak Ridge and Pacific Northwest national laboratories. “This grant will link students with world-class researchers and introduce them to career possibilities at the national labs while providing education in areas of great importance for the nonproliferation mission,” NNSA Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Anne Harrington said in a statement.

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