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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory experts will host and present during a variety of sessions on nuclear materials, policy, safeguards, and forensics, at the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM) Annual Meeting, an international forum for the exchange of the newest technical information related to all aspects of nuclear materials management.

The meeting is an opportunity for experts in nuclear materials, policy, safeguards, and forensics interested in innovation and professional growth.

PNNL nuclear experts are hosting the following INMM sessions:

Forensics I: Machine Learning and Modeling

Date: July 22, 2024 @ 10:50 a.m.–12:30 p.m. PDT

PNNL Session Chair: Richard Clark

Student Engagement Efforts

Date: July 22, 2024 @ 10:50 a.m.–12:30 p.m. PDT

PNNL Session Chair: Mariella Lora

Workforce Culture and Public Engagement

Date: July 23, 2024 @ 8:50 a.m.–10:30 a.m. PDT

PNNL Session Chair: Roberta Burbank 

MORC I: Forensics-Related Considerations

Date: July 23, 2024 @ 2:00 p.m.–3:40 p.m. PDT

PNNL Session Chair: Jill Manion

Environmental Justice and Climate Change

Date: July 23, 2024 @ 4:30 p.m.–5:50 p.m. PDT

PNNL Session Chair: Stephan Mladineo

Highlighted Session: IAEA Plenary 

Date: July 24, 2024 @ 8:00 a.m.–8:45 a.m. PDT

PNNL Moderator: Carrie Matthews 

Panelists: Max Aparo, Deputy Director General; Steve Balsley, Director, Safeguards Analytical Laboratory; Kory Sylvester, Director, Division of Concepts & Planning; Stephane Baude, Director, Division of Information Management

Environmental Sampling for Nonproliferation

Date: July 24, 2024 @ 8:50 a.m.–10:30 a.m. PDT

PNNL Session Chair: James Ely

Geopolitical Security Policy Considerations

Date: July 24, 2024 @ 8:50 a.m.–10:30 a.m. PDT

PNNL Session Chair: Roberta Burbank

Facility Characterization and Treaty Verification

Date: July 24, 2024 @ 11:00 a.m.–12:20 a.m. PDT 

PNNL Session Chair: Warnick Kernan

New Concepts and Approaches for Strengthening Safeguards

Date: July 25, 2024 @ 8:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m. PDT

PNNL Session Chair: Carrie Matthews

PNNL Presentations 

Monday, July 22 

• Assessing Unsupervised Learning Models for Synthetic Process Specification Analyses | 10:50 a.m. | Cuong Ly 

• The Radiation Detection for Nuclear Security Summer School | 10:50 a.m. | Benjamin McDonald

• A Method for Producing Hierarchical and Statistically Calibrated Predictions of Nuclear Material Properties from Existing Models | 11:10 a.m. | Alex Hagen

• A Discrete Event Simulation Approach to Nuclear Arms Enterprise Modeling and Analysis | 11:30 a.m. | Rachel Pulliam 

• Arms Control Verification Systems Confidence Evaluation | 12:10 p.m. | Jen Willis 

• Gender Mainstreaming in Nuclear Security: Strategies for Incorporating Gender Equality by Design in the IAEA Milestones Approach | 12:10 p.m. | Jessica Burniske

• Nontraditional Recruiting Strategies to Attract Applicants in the Nuclear Security Enterprise | 3:00 p.m. | Daeng Khoupradit

Tuesday, July 23 

• IAEA Milestones Approach and its Applicability to the Deployment of Transportable Nuclear Power Plants | 11:00 a.m. | Christina Siserman-Gray

• The Future Drone Threat to Nuclear Security: Mapping the Trajectory of Unmanned Systems as an Emerging Technology | 11:20 a.m. | Brendan Potter

• Detector Material Variation and Optimization of an Absence Algorithm for Arms Control Applications | 2:20 p.m. | Sean Stave 

• Advancing isotopic purity of Pu244 (>99.9999%) and setting the path for the isolation of other rare actinide isotopes | 2:40 p.m. | Martin Liezers

• Synergies Between Nuclear Security and Critical Infrastructure National Legal and Regulatory Frameworks | 5:10 p.m. | Madalina Man

Wednesday, July 24 

• Applied Methodology for Securing Mobile Radiological Sources | 2:00 p.m. | Ann Archer

• Formal Methods for Provably Secure Software & Firmware | 3:40 p.m. | Marie Whyatt 

• Laser Based Ultrasound for Verification of Circuit Card Assemblies | 4:00 p.m. | Morris Good

Thursday, July 25 

• Legal and Regulatory Aspects Related to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Robotics for Safeguards Implementation | 8:20 a.m. | Christina Siserman-Gray
• Atomic-Scale Characterization of Uranium Oxide Micro-Particles | 8:40 a.m. | Kathryn Guye 

• Atomic number estimation of dual energy cargo radiographs: initial experimental results using a semiempirical transparency model | 9:00 a.m. | Peter Lalor 

• An Image-based Zero-knowledge Protocol for Future Arms Control Treaties | 9:20 a.m. | Andrew Gilbert 

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