April 2025

NE130/230 Students Explore Historic Plutonium Sample

By Delilah Catron | April 28, 2025

Closeup of the first macroscopic sample of plutonium synthesized by Glenn Seaborg

Last week, students in the spring 2025 NE130/230 Analytical Methods for Nonproliferation course had a special opportunity to see and hold the first macroscopic sample of plutonium isolated by Glenn Seaborg during the Manhattan Project. This course explores a variety of topics in nuclear security and nonproliferation including nuclear source search, localization, and imaging; indicators…

Oscar Matousek Awarded Best Oral Presenter at UCSF Medical Physics in Imaging and Therapy Research Symposium

By Delilah Catron | April 25, 2025

Group photo of participants at the UCSF Medical Physics in Imaging and Therapy Research Symposium.

Congratulations to UCBNE graduate student Oscar Matousek on being awarded Best Oral Presenter at the first annual Medical Physics in Imaging and Therapy Research Symposium hosted by UCSF!

UCBNE Undergraduate Alessandro Ingegno Awarded Best Paper at ANS Student Conference 2025

By Delilah Catron | April 22, 2025

Alessandro Ingegno shaking hands holding his Best Paper award certificate

UCBNE undergraduate and NSSC Fellow Alessandro Ingegno has been awarded “Best Paper” in both the topical and overall categories for his research on “Simulated Pulsed Neutron Experiments of the Inherently Safe Subcritical Assembly” at the American Nuclear Society Student Conference 2025 held earlier this month in Albuquerque, NM. Congratulations Alessandro!