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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory National & Homeland Security Overview John D. Valentine National & Homeland Security Program Manager and LBNL POC for the CVT

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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory National & Homeland Security Overview

John D. Valentine National & Homeland Security Program Manager and LBNL POC for the CVT

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UC Berkeley

Berkeley Lab

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Thrust Area 2: Fundamental Data and Techniques

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Delayed-Gamma NDA of Spent Fuel

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Thrust Area 3: Advanced Safeguards Tools for Accessible Facilities

Handheld/Portable Room Temperature Semiconductor Gamma-Ray Imagers

Portable Radiation Imaging, Spectroscopy, and Mapping (PRISM) – early NA-22 funding, FY16

DTRA funding pending

DNDO-funded

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Thrust Area 5: Disarmament Verification Limited Knowledge Transmission Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence

HIGS

Laser plasma accelerator driven inverse Compton quasi-monoenergetic photon source

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Thrust Area 5: Disarmament Verification Limited Knowledge Transmission Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence

Assessing Impact of Monoenergetic Photon Sources on Nonproliferation Applications

(radiography, photofission, NRF)

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New Exclusive Topical Focus Radiation detection for homeland and national security: challenges, advances, and lessons learned throughout recent demonstrations

Mark Your Calendar! Abstract submittal open late fall 2015; deadline early January

Collegiate traditions blend with modern amenities on the Clark Kerr Campus of UC-Berkeley, adjacent to the main campus and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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Oral and poster presentations and plenary lectures... exhibits showcasing solutions to your technology needs... and a venue at a great university in the heart of a vibrant metropolitan area make SORMA West 2016 a conference you’ll remember for its technical program, networking opportunities, and more.

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LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY Questions/Discussion

John D. Valentine Program Manager

National & Homeland Security