The Consortium for Nuclear Forensics, a UF-led team of scientists and engineers at 16 universities, has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop new nuclear forensic technologies and train the next generation of experts to use them. The techniques will be used in DOE labs around the U.S. to test suspected nuclear materials for the FBI, CIA, Department of Homeland Security, and other agencies.
The field of nuclear forensics focuses on tracking the movement of rogue nuclear material around the world and providing law enforcement with evidence needed to prosecute perpetrators. Project leader Jim Baciak says the diversity of the team’s expertise—in analytical chemistry, radiochemistry, environmental sciences, geochemistry, nuclear engineering, physics, statistical analyses, machine learning, and optical sciences—will allow it to attack the problem from multiple angles.
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