Ep 135: Sara Pozzi, University of Michigan

In this episode we discuss... How Sara Pozzi helped design international nuclear disarmament verification technologies at Oak Ridge The difference between active and passive interrogation in detecting nuclear materials Challenges of detecting nuclear materials smuggled in on container ships What the IAEA is doing to help promote non-proliferation of nuclear weapons around the world Why spent nuclear fuel is still a proliferation threat to the world How the Department of Energy's Consortium initiatives are training nuclear engineers for the workforce Why Sara believes we need to be focusing on detecting and characterizing special nuclear materials to keep us safe