Stanley G. Prussin
Professor

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

Five recent significant research publications

"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.

"Preliminary results utilizing high-energy fission product γ-rays to detect fissionable material in cargo", D.R. Slaughter, M.R. Accatino, A. Bernstein, J.A. Church, M.A. Descalle, T.B. Gosnell, J.M. Hall, A. Loshak, D.R. Manatt, G.J. Mauger, T.L. Moore, E.B. Norman, B.A. Pohl, J.A. Pruet, D.C. Petersen, R.S. Walling, D.L. Weirup, S.G. Prussin and M. McDowell, Nucl. Instr. and Methods in Phys. Research B 241, 777 (2005)

Recent consulting, industrial employment 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

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