Angela Di Fulvio, University of Illinois
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Abstract: In this talk, I will give a brief overview of the resurgent role of nuclear weapons in national security strategies, the threat that it poses to the public, and the risk mitigation approaches that are being debated. Recent events, including U.S. withdrawal from arms control treaties and the pursuit of new nuclear weapons capabilities in the nine nuclear weapons states, suggest we may be facing a revived nuclear arms race with its dangerous consequences. Given this situation, the American Physical Society has funded the Physicists Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction to reengage scientists with nuclear threat reduction.
Bio: Angela Di Fulvio is an assistant professor in the Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering (NPRE) at the University of Illinois, director of the Neutron Measurement Laboratory, and a researcher in the technical aspects of nuclear safeguards and nonproliferation. Before joining NPRE, Angela was a research scientist at the University of Michigan where she worked on radiation detection within the framework or the Consortium for Verification Technology. Her current interests include the development of detection systems for safeguards and nonproliferation applications, and techniques and algorithms for the radiation protection of the patient in radiation therapy.
** Refreshments served from 2:45pm – 3:00pm in PAS 218. Thank you. **