Nuclear Chemical and Isotopic Science and Technology

Project Highlights

 
FY2021

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Project Title Project Code Project Type Project Status
Utilizing Radioactive Isotopes Harvested at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams for Neutron-Reaction Measurements 20-FS-024 Feasibility Study Final
Using Moderately Volatile Elements to Understand the Origin of the Earth-Moon System 19-LW-027 Lab-Wide Final
Using Isotope Probing of Microbe-to-Microbe Interactions to Determine the Fate of Carbon and Impacts on Climate Change 19-LW-044 Lab-Wide Final
Understanding Angular Momentum in Nuclear Fission 20-LW-045 Lab-Wide Continuing
Ultrahigh-Resolution X-Ray Spectroscopy Using Cyclotron Radiation Emission 20-LW-056 Lab-Wide Final
Two Nucleon Interactions and Their Effect on the Visible Universe and the Dark Universe 20-LW-001 Lab-Wide Final
The Nuclear Science of Asteroid 16 Psyche 20-ERD-039 Exploratory Research Continuing
The Next Breakthroughs in Neutrino Physics 18-ERD-028 Exploratory Research Final
The Incredible Shrinking Proton 21-LW-034 Lab-Wide Continuing
Reverse-Engineering the Neutron-Nucleus Interaction 21-ERD-006 Exploratory Research Continuing
Redefining the Geologic Timescale of the Solar System by Accurately Determining the Half-Life of Samarium-146 with Magnetic Microcalorimeters 20-LW-024 Lab-Wide Continuing
Proliferation of Interstellar Plutonium into the Solar System 19-LW-033 Lab-Wide Final
Probing the Structure of a Perfect Liquid Using Jets and Machine Learning 20-ERD-041 Exploratory Research Continuing
Nuclear Reaction Theory in the Precision Era: Probing New Physics in the Early Universe 20-LW-046 Lab-Wide Final
Nuclear Reaction Theory for Astrophysics and Laboratory Applications 19-ERD-017 Exploratory Research Final
Nuclear Analytics: Enabling New Multimodal Approaches to Nuclear Threat Detection 20-ERD-045 Exploratory Research Continuing
Microresonators for Compact Optical Sensors 19-ERD-002 Exploratory Research Final
Investigating the Site of the Weak Rapid Neutron Capture Process 19-ERD-036 Exploratory Research Final
Identifying the Influence of Environmental Effects on Post-Detonation Chemistry and Debris Formation 20-SI-006 Strategic Initiative Continuing
How Rapid is the Rapid Neutron Capture Process? 21-LW-032 Lab-Wide Continuing