Materials and Nuclear, Radiochemistry, and Health Physics Education

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has a growing program in nuclear science, engineering, and technology, many new faculty conducting research into the management of nuclear fuel and its waste, and ten new research laboratories/facilities. In addition to our established health physics programs, we now have two new degree programs:

• Radiochemistry Ph.D. and


• Materials and Nuclear Engineering M.S.

At UNLV faculty and students are conducting research on radiation transport, criticality, and shielding; radiochemistry including actinide separations, nuclear fuel synthesis, environmental radiochemistry, and synthesis of radionuclides; nuclear materials (corrosion, strength, radiation effects) and liquid-metal coolant technology; systems modeling for separation and fuel fabrication processes; radiation detection and radionuclide dose conversion coefficients; and high-temperature heat exchangers for the NGNP. Most of these projects are collaborations with research scientists and engineers at national laboratories and/or industry.

Materials and Nuclear Engineering Education, M.S. degree program
Denis Beller beller@egr.unlv.edu http://www.me.unlv.edu/News/UNLV%20MS%20M&NE%20Flyer.htm

Radiochemistry Education, Ph.D. degree program
Ken Czerwinski czerwin2@unlv.nevada.edu
http://radchem.nevada.edu/

Health Physics Education, B.S. and M.S. degree programs
Steen Madsen steenm@ccmail.nevada.edu
http://www.unlv.edu/Colleges/Health_Sciences/Health_Physics/

UNLV Transmutation Research Project (DOE AFCI)
Tony Hechanova hechanov@unlv.nevada.edu
http://aaa.nevada.edu/