NP News & Resources

Provided below is a listing in reverse chronological order of NP-sponsored workshop reports that address the status of some important research areas.

Workshop on The Nation's Need for Isotopes: Present and Future  August 7, 2008 This report is based on the workshop that assembled, for the first time, stakeholders from all the different areas of the diverse isotope community universities, medical institutions, national laboratories, the private sector, and the U.S. government to discuss the Nation's current and future needs for stable and radioactive isotopes and to consider options for improving the availability of needed isotopes.  The workshop was intended to be the first step in developing a robust and prioritized program for NP.        PDF file of this of report (570KB)

Report on the Workshop on the Role of Nuclear Physics Research Community in Combating Terrorism July 11-12, 2002 This report is based on discussions by the Workshop's two working-groups Conventional Explosive and Weapons Detection, and Radiological and Nuclear Threats and on the Workshop's poster presentations.  It covers a broad expanse of topics ranging from the very speculative to technologies that have been in the national and homeland defense research portfolios for years.   PDF file of this of report (967KB)