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, 11 February 2026 - 09:00

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

09:00 Registration and Coffee
Registration and Coffee
09:00 - 09:30
09:30 Session 1
09:30 - 11:00
Contributions

09:30 Detector development at the University of Surrey - Joey O'Neill (University of Birmingham)

09:45 The Development of Hard X-ray Imaging Detectors at STFC - Matthew Veale (UKRI Science & Technology Facilities Council)

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

10:15 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 Bismuth-loaded Plastic Scintillator for Nuclear Security Applications - George Dalton

10:45 Clear and Bright X-Ray Imaging with Nanophotonic Scintillators - Isabel Braddock (Science and Technology Facilities Council)
11:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 Session 2
11:30 - 13:00
Contributions

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

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

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

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

12:45 Optimizing Lanthanide Accelerator Mass Spectrometry for its use in Nuclear Data Production - Victoria Johnson (University of Glasgow/SUERC)
13:00 Lunch and Posters
13:00 - 14:00
Contributions

13:00 Characterisation of a planar opaque LiquidO detector with cosmic-ray muons - Nicolò Tuccori (University of Sussex)

13:01 A TENA Based Interrogation Setup for the Detection of SNM Utilising He4 Scintillation Detectors - Edward Martin (University of Bristol)

13:02 Accelerated Ageing Through Thermal Cycling of Optical Coupling Samples to Investigate Performance Degradation in Detectors - Kerri Loughney

13:03 Machine Learning Classification of Silica Glass Jewellery Beads for Thermoluminescence Dosimetry - Lukasz Tomaszewski (University of Surrey)

13:04 Simulating Multi Pixel Detectors for Advanced Radiation Monitoring - Lauren Hengeveld (University of Bristol)

13:05 Characterisation of Perovskite Thin Films using Single Source Vacuum Deposition (SSVD) for Ionising Radiation Application - MUZZAMER BIN MOHAMMAD ZAHID

13:06 Development of a High-Resolution Alpha Spectrometer (HRAS) Detector System - Frankie Falksohn (NPL)

13:07 Optimisation of compact radiation sources for NTR applications - Christopher Murphy (School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, University of York)

13:08 Fabrication and Optical Characterisation 2D Perovskite Scintillators - Amy Dickinson (University of Surrey)

13:28 What’s in the Box? X-ray and EM Hybrid Image Reconstruction - Thomas Anderson-Olson (University of Manchester)
14:00 Session 3
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 Community insights on establishing a centre for AI in applied nuclear physics - Caroline Shenton-Taylor (University of Surrey)

14:30 Innovation in neutron and gamma sensor technology and AI-enhanced analysis for security applications - Patrick Chard (Mirion Technologies (Canberra UK) Ltd)

14:45 Evaluating Object Detection Neural Networks for Landmine Detection: Training and Performance Analysis with Synthetic and Real-World Data - Seb Pereira (University of Bristol)

15:00 SIGMA data threat injection methodology - Rafael Hunt-Stokes

15:15 SIGMA Hybrid data overview - Philip Martin
15:30 Session 4 - Discussion
15:30 - 16:30
Contributions

15:30 Closing Remarks - Thomas Scott (University of Bristol)

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