Nuclear Nonproliferation International Safeguards
Graduate Fellowship Program

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Technical Areas

The objective of the Nuclear Nonproliferation International Safeguards Graduate Fellowship (NNIS) program is to meet NNSA’s need for highly trained scientists and engineers in the noted technical areas in which NNSA has ongoing research and development programs.

At present, these areas include the following:

•    Advancements in analytical techniques and instrumentation used in determining inventory and characterization of nuclear materials.
•    Identifying ways to improve instrumentation and techniques for the physical, chemical, and radiological analysis of nuclear or radioactive materials, and any associated materials at both the bulk and trace levels.
•    Development of new and innovative methods and improvements to existing methods and instrumentation for chemical and radiological characterization, as well as the development of new and advanced approaches applicable to laboratory, field and in process methods.
•    Development of improved approaches to integrating international safeguards into the early design of nuclear facilities
•    Advanced approaches to locating, mining, and analyzing information from nuclear material accountancy, public information, satellite imagery, etc. in support of international verification of national nonproliferation commitments.
•    Development of advanced safeguard approaches and techniques that can be applied to existing and future nuclear facilities, including, inter alia, uranium enrichment, reprocessing, and reactor facilities.
•    Development of additional technologies that can be used to detect, verify, and monitor nuclear materials as it relates to production and proliferation.
•    Improvements in the implementation of the key nonproliferation agreements and treaties, and technologies to support bilateral and multilateral regimes, agreements, and treaties relating to nonproliferation and arms control.
•    Advanced techniques for information analysis to enhance detection of covert or illicit nuclear activities and related technology development and research, movements of nuclear material and equipment, and nuclear explosives development programs.