Stanley G. Prussin
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Stanley G. Prussin Professor in the Graduate School Department of Nuclear Engineering Email: prussin@berkeley.edu |
Date of initial appointment
1966
Education:
B.S. Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1960
M.S. Chemistry, University of Michigan, 1962
Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Michigan, 1964
Major Awards
Humboldt Senior Scientist Award
Field of specialization and areas of interest:
Fission product behavior in nuclear fuels; radiation detection; radio-and nuclear chemistry and applications.
Teaching and Research
Prof. Prussin teaches the department’s courses in nuclear physics for applications and shares in the teaching of the Nuclear Instrumentation Laboratory, and the DEPARTMENT’S NEW COURSE INTRODUCTION TO IMAGING COURSE. (( current graduate course in medical imaging.)) He is assisting in the development in the department’s new course ((s Introduction to Imaging and)) IN Engineering Science Aspects of Nuclear Medicine.
Prof. Prussin’s research interests are in the areas of low energy nuclear physics and the use of nuclear methods and instrumentation (( to the)) FOR solution of applied problems, with current emphasis on nuclear medicine and allied technologies.
Specific ongoing research projects include the following
Oxidation of Spent Nuclear Fuel
Radial Dependence of Burnup and Actinide Production in Irradiated UO2
Radiation Safety in Large Central Radiopharmacies
Development of a Nuclear Medicine Procedure for Breast Cancer
Benchmark Measurements of Delayed Fission Product Gamma Rays
Investigation of Delayed Fission Gamma Rays as a Robust Signature for Nuclear Materials in Sea-going Cargo Containers Supported by the Department of Homeland Security
Selected Recent Publications
Determination of (n,γ) cross sections in the rare-earth region using the surrogate ratio method, B. L. Goldblum, S. G. Prussin, U. Agvaanluvsan, L. A. Bernstein, D. L. Bleuel, W. Younes, M. Guttormsen Physical Review C 78, 064606 (2008)
A method for high-resolution x-ray imaging of intermodal cargo containers for fissionable materials, B. J. Quiter, S. G. Prussin, B. Pohl, J. Hall, J. Trebes, G. Stone, and M.-A. Descalle, J. Appl. Phys. 103, 064910 (2008)
The nuclear car wash: A system to detect nuclear weapons in commercial cargo shipments, Slaughter DR, Accatino MR, Bernstein A, et al., Nuclear Instruments & Methods In Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors And Associated Equipment 579, 349-352 (2007)
Comparison of tests with 14-MeV neutrons to a Monte Carlo model for interrogation of thick cargos for clandestine fissionable materials, Prussin SG, Descalle MA, Hall JM, et al., Nuclear Instruments & Methods In Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors And Associated Equipment 569, 853-862 (2006)
Preliminary results utilizing high-energy fission product gamma-rays to detect fissionable material in cargo, Slaughter DR, Accatino MR, Bernstein A, et al., Nuclear Instruments & Methods In Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions With Materials And Atoms 241, 777-781 (2005)
"Modeling the Production of Beta-Delayed Gamma Rays for the Detection of Special Nuclear Materials", J.M. Hall, J.A Pruet, D.A. Brown. M.-A. Descalle, G.W. Hedstrom and S.G. Prussin, , Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Report UCRL-TR-209738, February 14, 2005
Neutron and Photon Transport in Sea-going Cargo Containers, by J. Pruet, M.-A. Descalle, J. Hall, and B. Pohl, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, N-Division, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, S. G. Prussin, Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 97, 094908 s2005d
Response to A comment on "Signatures of Fissile Materials: High-energy γ Rays Following Fission" by Zeev B. Alfassi ¡E CORRESPONDENCE "Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment", In Press, Uncorrected Proof, Available online 8 August 2004, Eric B. Norman, Stanley G. Prussin, Ruth-Mary Larimer, Howard Shugart, Edgardo Browne, Alan R. Smith, Richard J. McDonald, Heino Nitsche, Puja Gupta, Michael I. Frank and Thomas B. Gosnell
"Monte Carlo Models for the Production of β-delayed Gamma Rays Following Fission of Special Nuclear Materials", J. Pruet, J. Hall, M.-A. Descalle, S. Prussin, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 222 (2004) 403.
"Precipitation of Crystalline Neptunium Dioxide From Near-neutral Aqueous Solution", K.E. Roberts, T.J. Wolery, C.E. Atkins-Duffin, T.G. Prussin, P.G. Allen, J.J. Bucher, D.K. Shuh, R.J. Finch, S.G. Prussin, Radiochimica Acta, 91 (2003) 87.
Recent consulting, supported research or other non-university activity
Consulting: Radiation detection and measurements:
Proliferation Prevention and Arms Control Program, Nonproliferation, Arms Control and International Security Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Attribution Science Group, NA-22 Program: Office of Nonproliferation Research and Engineering, National Nuclear Security Administration
