Session C10: Nuclear Science Education for the Nation

1:30 PM–3:18 PM, Saturday, April 22, 2006
Hyatt Regency Dallas - Cumberland C

Sponsoring Units: FEd DNP
Chair: Jolie Cizewski, Rutgers University

Abstract ID: BAPS.2006.APR.C10.3

Abstract: C10.00003 : Science and National and International Security: the role of Physics in Non-proliferation and counter-terroism

2:42 PM–3:18 PM

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Author:

  Edward P. Hartouni
    (University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

Compliance with international agreements as well as detecting clandestine activities are often limited by the technical capabilities of those enforcing the agreements and national and international law. Further, some technological solutions may violate personal liberties, offend local cultural sensibilities or fail to have the desired detection specificity. Many of these solutions exploit fundamental physical properties to provide specific ``signatures.'' The ability to implement these ``signatures'' into effective monitoring schemes is one role science plays on the scene of national and international security.

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