William S. Charlton

William S. Charlton

Associate Professor, Nuclear Engineering
Director, Nuclear Security Science and Policy Institute, Texas Engineering Experiment Station

Date of Appointment: 2003

Office: Teague Research Center Rm 322
Phone: 979/845-7092
Fax: 979/845-6443
E-mail: wcharlton@tamu.edu

Education

Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1999
M.S., Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1997
B.S. Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1995

Courses Taught

BUSH 689: Weapons of Mass Destruction Response and Recovery
NUEN 405: Nuclear Engineering Experiments
NUEN 489: Special Topics: Nuclear Reactor Assembly Design, Nuclear Nonproliferation
NUEN 601: Nuclear Reactor Theory
NUEN 605: Radiation Detection and Nuclear Materials Measurement
NUEN 606: Reactor Analysis and Experimentation
NUEN 650: Nuclear Nonproliferation and Arms Control
NUEN 651: Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Nuclear Material Safeguards
NUEN 656: Critical Analysis of Nuclear Security Data
NUEN 689: Special Topics: Critical Analysis of Nuclear Security Data, Fuel Cycle and Safeguards, Radiation Detection and Nuclear Materials Measurement

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Areas of Interest

Nuclear nonproliferation and international security: interests include reactor modeling for material production calculations, inverse problem analysis, signature development for identification of covert nuclear weapons programs, nuclear terrorism, treaty verification technique development, and innovative safeguards methodologies.

Reactor physics and fuel cycle analysis: interests include lattice and full core modeling applications, proliferation resistance modeling for fuel cycles, transmuter fuels, and development of proliferation resistant nuclear fuels.

Reactor experimentation and nuclear data development: interests include development of benchmark experiments for reactor physics code verification, development of experimental measurement techniques, and measurement and analysis of fundamental nuclear data.



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Recent Publications

Journal Articles:

  1. W.B. Wilson, R.T. Perry, W.S. Charlton, and T.A. Parish, "Sources: A code for calculating (alpha, n), spontaneous fission, and delayed neutron sources and spectra," Progress in Nuclear Energy In Press. Available online 12 January 2009.
  2. W.S. Charlton, R.F. LeBouf, C. Gariazzo, D.G. Ford, C. Beard, S. Landsberger, and M. Whitaker, "Proliferation Resistance Assessment Methodology for Nuclear Fuel Cycles," Nuclear Technology 157(2), 143-156 (2007).

Conference Proceedings:

  1. A.M. LaFleur, W.S. Charlton, H.O. Menlove, and M. Swinhoe, "Development of Self-Interrogation Neutron Resonance Densitometry (SINRD) to Measure the 235U and 239Pu Content in a PWR 17x17 Spent Fuel Assembly," Proceedings of 31st Annual Meeting of ESARDA, May 26-28, 2009, Vilnius, Lithuania.
  2. D.C. Strohmeyer, and W. S. Charlton, "Feasibility Study of a Portable Coupled 3He Neutron Detector with LaBr3 Gamma Scintillator for the Purpose of Plutonium Identification and Quantification," Proceedings of 31st Annual Meeting of ESARDA, May 26-28, 2009, Vilnius, Lithuania.
  3. S.J. Tobin, W.S. Charlton, M.H. Ehinger, M.L. Fensin, A.S. Hoover, H.O. Menlove, B.J. Quiter, A. Rajasingam, N.P. Sandoval, S.F. Saavedra, D. Strohmeyer, M.T. Swinhoe, S.J. Thompson, "Determining Plutonium in Spent Fuel with Nondestructive Assay Techniques," Proceedings of 31st Annual Meeting of ESARDA, May 26-28, 2009, Vilnius, Lithuania.
  4. W.S. Charlton, D. Strohmeyer, A. Stafford, S. Saavedra, A.S. Hoover, and C. Rudy, "The Use of Self-Induced XRF to Quantify the Pu Content in PWR Spent Nuclear Fuel," Proceedings of 31st Annual Meeting of ESARDA, May 26-28, 2009, Vilnius, Lithuania.
  5. B.D. Boyer, J.E. Doyle, M. Dreicer, E. Sokova, W.S. Charlton, D. Lockwood, and C. Lersten, "DOE, University, National Lab Program to Enhance Safeguards Education for the Next Generation of Future Safeguards Professionals," Transactions of the 2008 American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting, Reno, NV, November 9-13, 2008.
  6. W.S. Charlton, "Nuclear Nonproliferation Technical Education Program at TAMU," Transactions of the 2008 American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting, Reno, NV, November 9-13, 2008.
  7. W.S. Charlton, et al., "Nonproliferation and Safeguards Education at Texas A and amp;M University," Proceedings of the 2008 INMM/ESARDA Tokyo Workshop “Meeting Safeguards Challenges in an Expanding Nuclear World,”, Tokyo, Japan, October 6-9, 2008.
  8. W. Charlton, K.L. Peddicord, N. Geraskin, E. Kryuchkov, V. Bolyatko, I.A. Vorobieva, and D. Klinov, "Analysis of New Challenges in Non-Proliferation Education," PHYSOR 2008 International Conference on the Physics of Reactors, Interlaken, Switzerland, September 14-19, 2008.
  9. S. Saavedra, W.S. Charlton, and A. Solodov, "Quantification of the Fissile Content of Incoming Spent Nuclear Fuel for the CETE Demonstration through Non-Destructive Assay Techniques," Proceedings of 49th Annual INMM Meeting, Nashville, TN, July 13-17, 2008.
  10. R. Metcalf, A. Bevill, W.S. Charlton, and R. Bean, "Safeguards Envelope: Previous Work and Examples," Proceedings of 49th Annual INMM Meeting, Nashville, TN, July 13-17, 2008.
  11. A.M. LaFleur, W.S. Charlton, H.O. Menlove, and M. Swinhoe, "Use of Self-Interrogation Neutron Resonance Densitometry (SINRD) to Measure the Fissile Content in Nuclear Fuel," Proceedings of 49th Annual INMM Meeting, Nashville, TN, July 13-17, 2008.
  12. A.M. LaFleur, W.S. Charlton, H.O. Menlove, and M. Swinhoe, "Nondestructive Measurements of Fissile Material Using Self-Indication Neutron Resonance Absorption Densitometry (SINRAD)," Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Facility Operations - Safeguards Interface, Portland, OR, March 30 - April 4, 2008.
  13. C. Gariazzo and W. Charlton, "Building a Knowledge Base for Safeguards Measurement Techniques at Texas A and amp;M University with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Safeguards Laboratory," 8th International Conference on Facility Operations - Safeguards Interface Meeting, Portland, Oregon, March 30 – April 4, 2008.
  14. W. Charlton, "TAMU Safeguards Education Program," dinner banquet speech at the 8th International Conference on Facility Operations - Safeguards Interface Meeting, Portland, Oregon, March 30 – April 4, 2008.
  15. W. Charlton, "Human Capital Development," key note presentation at the 2008 Planning and Implementing Effective Infrastructure for Nuclear Energy Development", Livermore, CA, January 14-16, 2008.
  16. D.G. Saltiel, V.D. Cleary, P.E. Rexroth, G.E. Rochau, D. Greneche, S. Ng, W.S. Charlton, and D.G. Ford, "Testing and Assessment of Inputs for Proliferation Assessment Tools," Global 2007 International Conference on Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Systems, Boise, Idaho, September 9-13, 2007.
  17. J. Miller and W.S. Charlton, "Analytical Inverse Model for Post-Nuclear Event Attribution of Plutonium," Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Institute for Nuclear Materials Management, Tucson, AZ, July 8-12, 2007.
  18. W. S. Charlton and D. G. Ford, "Assessment Tool for Nuclear Weapon Acquisition Pathways," Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Institute for Nuclear Materials Management, Tucson, AZ, July 8-12, 2007.
  19. D. J. Sweeney and W. S. Charlton, "Physical Mechanisms for Fission Product Concentration Differences from Variations in Reactor Power History," Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Institute for Nuclear Materials Management, Tucson, AZ, July 8-12, 2007.
  20. D. J. Sweeney and W. S. Charlton, "Reactor Power History from Fission Product Signatures," Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Institute for Nuclear Materials Management, Tucson, AZ, July 8-12, 2007.
  21. T. V. K. Woddi, W. S. Charlton, P. Nelson, and J.C. Ragusa, "A Technical Study of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and the Three Stage Power Program of India for US-India Nuclear Cooperation," Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Institute for Nuclear Materials Management, Tucson, AZ, July 8-12, 2007.
  22. K.E. Chesson, and W.S. Charlton, "A Brief Sensitivity Analysis for the GIRM and Other Related Technique using a One-Group Cross Section Library for Graphite-Moderated Reactors," Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Institute for Nuclear Materials Management, Tucson, AZ, July 8-12, 2007.
  23. A. Thornton and W.S. Charlton, "Characterization of a Portable Neutron Coincidence Counter," Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Institute for Nuclear Materials Management, Tucson, AZ, July 8-12, 2007.
  24. K.E. Chesson and W.S. Charlton, "A Brief Sensitivity Analysis for the GIRM and Other Related Techniques using a One-Group Cross Section Library for Graphite-Moderated Reactors," 2007 Annual Meeting of the European Safeguards Research and Development Association (ESARDA), Aix-en-Provence, France, May 21-24, 2007.
  25. A.M. LaFleur and W.S. Charlton, "Advancing Methods for Providing Attribution for the HEU Used in a Terrorist Nuclear Weapon," 2007 Annual Meeting of the European Safeguards Research and Development Association (ESARDA), Aix-en-Provence, France, May 21-24, 2007.
  26. K.A. Miller and W.S. Charlton, "An Inverse Transport Approach to Radiation Source Location for Border Security," 2007 Annual Meeting of the European Safeguards Research and Development Association (ESARDA), Aix-en-Provence, France, May 21-24, 2007.
  27. T.V.K. Woddi, W.S. Charlton, P. Nelson, and J. Ragusa, "Nuclear Fuel Cycle Assessment of India: A Technical Study for Nuclear Cooperation," 2007 Annual Meeting of the European Safeguards Research and Development Association (ESARDA), Aix-en-Provence, France, May 21-24, 2007.