Name: NuSec Detection Science Workshop 2026
Start: 2026-02-11T09:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-02-11T17:00:00+00:00
Location: National Physical Laboratory

NuSec Detection Science Workshop 2026

Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 9:00 AM

Monday, February 9, 2026
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Wednesday, February 11, 2026

9:00 AM Registration and Coffee
Registration and Coffee
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
9:30 AM Session 1: Detector Development
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Contributions

9:30 AM Detector development at the University of Surrey - Joey O'Neill (University of Birmingham)

9:45 AM The Development of Hard X-ray Imaging Detectors at STFC - Matthew Veale (UKRI Science & Technology Facilities Council)

10:00 AM Long-Term High-Voltage Bias Stability and Degradation Pathways in Perovskite Single-Photon Counting Radiation Detectors - Jayana Jayarathne (University of Surrey)

10:15 AM Using a HPGe-PIPSBox detector system to compare the noble gases produced by fission from U-235 and Cm-248 - Sifa Poulton (National Physical Laboratory)

10:30 AM Bismuth-loaded Plastic Scintillator for Nuclear Security Applications - Matt Taggart (AWE Nuclear Security Technologies)

10:45 AM Clear and Bright X-Ray Imaging with Nanophotonic Scintillators - Isabel Braddock (Science and Technology Facilities Council)
11:00 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM Session 2: Field Trials and Measurements
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Contributions

11:30 AM Seeing Beta Clearly: Diamond Spectrometers for In-Situ Nuclear Characterisation - Neil Fox (University of Bristol)

12:00 PM Rapid Modelling of Novel Nuclear Scenarios for Response Guidance and Training - Fraser Holloway (The University of Liverpool)

12:15 PM Remote characterisation of buried and spatially distributed radioactive sources using full-spectrum analysis - Ewan Woodbridge (University of Bristol)

12:30 PM Single Particle Uranium Analysis by Triple Quadrupole Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry for Nuclear Forensics - Michael Romero (Pennsylvania State University)

12:45 PM Optimizing Lanthanide Accelerator Mass Spectrometry for its use in Nuclear Data Production - Victoria Johnson (University of Glasgow/SUERC)
1:00 PM Lunch and Posters
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Contributions

1:00 PM Characterisation of a planar opaque LiquidO detector with cosmic-ray muons - Nicolò Tuccori (University of Sussex)

1:01 PM A TENA Based Interrogation Setup for the Detection of SNM Utilising He4 Scintillation Detectors - Edward Martin (University of Bristol)

1:02 PM Accelerated Ageing Through Thermal Cycling of Optical Coupling Samples to Investigate Performance Degradation in Detectors - Kerri Loughney

1:03 PM Machine Learning Classification of Silica Glass Jewellery Beads for Thermoluminescence Dosimetry - Lukasz Tomaszewski (University of Surrey)

1:04 PM Simulating Multi Pixel Detectors for Advanced Radiation Monitoring - Lauren Hengeveld (University of Bristol)

1:05 PM Characterisation of Perovskite Thin Films using Single Source Vacuum Deposition (SSVD) for Ionising Radiation Application - Muzzamer Zahid (University of Surrey)

1:06 PM Development of a High-Resolution Alpha Spectrometer (HRAS) Detector System - Frankie Falksohn (NPL)

1:07 PM Optimisation of compact radiation sources for NTR applications - Christopher Murphy (School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, University of York)

1:08 PM Fabrication and Optical Characterisation 2D Perovskite Scintillators - Amy Dickinson (University of Surrey)

1:28 PM What’s in the Box? X-ray and EM Hybrid Image Reconstruction - Thomas Anderson-Olson (University of Manchester)

1:43 PM Sharing of data in nuclear emergency situations: a 2020s review of best practice and legal obligations - Sam Kill (London Interdisciplinary School)
2:00 PM Session 3: Machine Learning and Algorithm Development
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Community insights on establishing a centre for AI in applied nuclear physics - Caroline Shenton-Taylor (University of Surrey)

2:30 PM Evaluating Object Detection Neural Networks for Landmine Detection: Training and Performance Analysis with Synthetic and Real-World Data - Seb Pereira (University of Bristol)

2:45 PM SIGMA data threat injection methodology - Rafael Hunt-Stokes

3:00 PM SIGMA Hybrid data overview - Philip Martin
3:15 PM Session 4 - Discussion
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Contributions

3:15 PM Closing Remarks - Thomas Scott (University of Bristol)

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