Radioactive Isotopes for Fundamental Physics Workshop
from
Tuesday, August 25, 2026 (8:00 AM)
to
Thursday, August 27, 2026 (5:00 PM)
Monday, August 24, 2026
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
8:00 AM
Breakfast
Breakfast
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: JICS Auditorium
9:00 AM
Welcome
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Marcel Demarteau
Welcome
Marcel Demarteau
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM
Room: JICS Auditorium
9:10 AM
Workshop Goals
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Xing Wu
(
FRIB
)
Workshop Goals
Xing Wu
(
FRIB
)
9:10 AM - 9:20 AM
Room: JICS Auditorium
9:20 AM
BSM Opportunities with Radioactive Isotopes
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Vincenzo Cirigliano
BSM Opportunities with Radioactive Isotopes
Vincenzo Cirigliano
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM
Room: JICS Auditorium
9:40 AM
The DOE Fundamental Symmetries Program: A Roadmap to Discovery
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Paul Sorensen
The DOE Fundamental Symmetries Program: A Roadmap to Discovery
Paul Sorensen
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: JICS Auditorium
10:00 AM
The U.S. Government’s Role in Isotope R&D and Production: An Introduction to the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science for Isotope R&D and Production (IRP)
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Ethan Balkin
The U.S. Government’s Role in Isotope R&D and Production: An Introduction to the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science for Isotope R&D and Production (IRP)
Ethan Balkin
10:00 AM - 10:40 AM
Room: JICS Auditorium
10:40 AM
Coffee
Coffee
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: JICS Auditorium
11:00 AM
Experimental Overview
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Jaideep Singh
Experimental Overview
Jaideep Singh
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Room: JICS Auditorium
11:15 AM
Solid State Nuclear Clock: Progress and Isotope Needs
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Eric Hudson
Solid State Nuclear Clock: Progress and Isotope Needs
Eric Hudson
11:15 AM - 11:40 AM
Room: JICS Auditorium
11:40 AM
Radium Ion Trapping
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Andrew Jayich
Radium Ion Trapping
Andrew Jayich
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
12:00 PM
Radioactive Molecule Spectroscopy for Astronomy
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Shane Wilkins
Radioactive Molecule Spectroscopy for Astronomy
Shane Wilkins
12:00 PM - 12:10 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
12:10 PM
Electrospray ioniation source for radioactive species
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Georg Tiebel
Electrospray ioniation source for radioactive species
Georg Tiebel
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
12:20 PM
Opportunities for Nuclear-AMO experiments at FRIB
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Patrick Stollenwerk
Opportunities for Nuclear-AMO experiments at FRIB
Patrick Stollenwerk
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
12:30 PM
Working Lunch: Introductions and Goals
Working Lunch: Introductions and Goals
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
1:30 PM
Bridging Supply and Science: How NIDC Connects Researchers to Critical Isotopes
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Karen Sikes
Bridging Supply and Science: How NIDC Connects Researchers to Critical Isotopes
Karen Sikes
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
1:50 PM
Radioisotope Program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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Roy Copping
Radioisotope Program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Roy Copping
1:50 PM - 2:10 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
2:10 PM
Accelerator Production of Radioisotopes
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Justin Griswold
Accelerator Production of Radioisotopes
Justin Griswold
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
2:30 PM
Ra-226 for production of Ac-227, Th-228, and useful decay daughters
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Daniel Stracener
(
ORNL
)
Ra-226 for production of Ac-227, Th-228, and useful decay daughters
Daniel Stracener
(
ORNL
)
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
2:50 PM
Mass Separation of Radioisotopes
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Brian Egle
Mass Separation of Radioisotopes
Brian Egle
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
3:10 PM
Coffee
Coffee
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
4:30 PM
Discussion
Discussion
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
8:00 AM
Breakfast
Breakfast
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: JICS Auditorium
9:00 AM
FrAg EDM
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David DeMille
FrAg EDM
David DeMille
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM
Room: JICS Auditorium
9:20 AM
Actinide samples from Mainz - or: Life, the Universe and Everysym
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Christoph Duellmann
Actinide samples from Mainz - or: Life, the Universe and Everysym
Christoph Duellmann
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM
Room: JICS Auditorium
9:40 AM
Radioative Atom Trapping
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Joseph Formaggio
Radioative Atom Trapping
Joseph Formaggio
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: JICS Auditorium
10:00 AM
Radiochemistry at FRIB
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Greg Severin
Radiochemistry at FRIB
Greg Severin
10:00 AM - 10:10 AM
Room: JICS Auditorium
10:10 AM
Quantum Sensing for Fundamental Physics
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Silviu-Marian Udrescu
Quantum Sensing for Fundamental Physics
Silviu-Marian Udrescu
10:10 AM - 10:20 AM
Room: JICS Auditorium
10:20 AM
First-Principles Computations of Nuclei to Study Fundamental Physics
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Thomas Papenbrock
First-Principles Computations of Nuclei to Study Fundamental Physics
Thomas Papenbrock
10:20 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: JICS Auditorium
10:30 AM
Isotopes for Neutrinos
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Ian Guinn
Brennan Hackett
Isotopes for Neutrinos
Ian Guinn
Brennan Hackett
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM
Room: JICS Auditorium
10:40 AM
Coffee
Coffee
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: JICS Auditorium
11:00 AM
Overview of Radioisotope R&D at ORNL
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Susan Hogle
Overview of Radioisotope R&D at ORNL
Susan Hogle
11:00 AM - 11:10 AM
Room: JICS Auditorium
11:10 AM
Radioisotope Processing and Applications Research
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Sandra Davern
Radioisotope Processing and Applications Research
Sandra Davern
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: JICS Auditorium
11:30 AM
Engineering Considerations for Radioisotope Production at ORNL
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Christopher Bryan
Engineering Considerations for Radioisotope Production at ORNL
Christopher Bryan
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Room: JICS Auditorium
11:50 AM
Isolation and Quantification of Ra-225 from an Irradiated Th-232 Target
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Becca Hoerres
Isolation and Quantification of Ra-225 from an Irradiated Th-232 Target
Becca Hoerres
11:50 AM - 11:57 AM
Room: JICS Auditorium
11:57 AM
Solvent Impregnated Resins: A Versatile Platform for Isotope Separation
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Briana Schrage
Solvent Impregnated Resins: A Versatile Platform for Isotope Separation
Briana Schrage
11:57 AM - 12:04 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
12:04 PM
Development of an Online Gamma Spectroscopy Tool for Radioisotope Separations
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Neil Taylor
Development of an Online Gamma Spectroscopy Tool for Radioisotope Separations
Neil Taylor
12:04 PM - 12:11 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
12:11 PM
Re-establishing Ho-166m Production at ORNL
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Megan Sibley
Re-establishing Ho-166m Production at ORNL
Megan Sibley
12:11 PM - 12:18 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
12:18 PM
Transcurium Production in the High Flux Isotope Reactor for Industrial Applications and Elemental Discovery of Super Heavy Elements
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Grace Power
Transcurium Production in the High Flux Isotope Reactor for Industrial Applications and Elemental Discovery of Super Heavy Elements
Grace Power
12:18 PM - 12:25 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
12:25 PM
Calibration of a Capintec Dose Calibrator for the Measurement of Th-228 Activity
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Pavithra Kankanamalage
Calibration of a Capintec Dose Calibrator for the Measurement of Th-228 Activity
Pavithra Kankanamalage
12:25 PM - 12:30 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
12:30 PM
Working Lunch: Discussion Breakouts
Working Lunch: Discussion Breakouts
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
1:30 PM
Th-229 and Nuclear Clocks
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Jun Ye
Th-229 and Nuclear Clocks
Jun Ye
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
1:50 PM
The Molecular RaX EDM Experiment
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Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz
The Molecular RaX EDM Experiment
Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz
1:50 PM - 2:10 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
2:10 PM
Quantum Sensing of Nuclear Recoils
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Connor Bray
Quantum Sensing of Nuclear Recoils
Connor Bray
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
2:30 PM
Beta-Decay Spectroscopy Meets Polarized Beams
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Monika Piersa-Siłkowska
Beta-Decay Spectroscopy Meets Polarized Beams
Monika Piersa-Siłkowska
2:30 PM - 2:37 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
2:37 PM
A New Generation of Nuclear Schiff Moment Search with 227,229ThO Molecular Beam at FRIB
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Xing Wu
A New Generation of Nuclear Schiff Moment Search with 227,229ThO Molecular Beam at FRIB
Xing Wu
2:37 PM - 2:44 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
2:44 PM
Update from the 2026 Low Energy Community Meeting
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Kelly Chipps
Update from the 2026 Low Energy Community Meeting
Kelly Chipps
2:44 PM - 2:51 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
2:51 PM
Discussion
Discussion
2:51 PM - 3:10 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
3:10 PM
Coffee
Coffee
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
4:30 PM
Open Writing
Open Writing
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
5:30 PM
Dinner: Discussion Breakouts
Dinner: Discussion Breakouts
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
Thursday, August 27, 2026
8:00 AM
Breakfast
Breakfast
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: JICS Auditorium
9:00 AM
Opportunities at FRIB
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Hendrick Schatz
Opportunities at FRIB
Hendrick Schatz
9:00 AM - 9:25 AM
Room: JICS Auditorium
9:25 AM
Future isotope research opportunities at UTK
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Robert Grzywacz
Future isotope research opportunities at UTK
Robert Grzywacz
9:25 AM - 9:50 AM
Room: JICS Auditorium
9:50 AM
Opportunities at Texas A&M
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Jonas Karthein
Opportunities at Texas A&M
Jonas Karthein
9:50 AM - 10:10 AM
Room: JICS Auditorium
10:10 AM
Capabilities and Opportunities at PNNL
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Brent VanDevender
Capabilities and Opportunities at PNNL
Brent VanDevender
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: JICS Auditorium
10:30 AM
Discussion
Discussion
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM
Room: JICS Auditorium
10:40 AM
Coffee
Coffee
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: JICS Auditorium
11:00 AM
Towards an improved 225Ra EDM measurement at Argonne National Lab
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Michael Bishof
Towards an improved 225Ra EDM measurement at Argonne National Lab
Michael Bishof
11:00 AM - 11:25 AM
Room: JICS Auditorium
11:25 AM
The Dirt on Radium and the Pursuit for the Perfect Pear
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Alyssa Gaiser
The Dirt on Radium and the Pursuit for the Perfect Pear
Alyssa Gaiser
11:25 AM - 11:50 AM
Room: JICS Auditorium
11:50 AM
Nuclear Theory for Radioactive Molecules (sort of)
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Jonathan Engel
Nuclear Theory for Radioactive Molecules (sort of)
Jonathan Engel
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
12:10 PM
Discussion
Discussion
12:10 PM - 12:30 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
12:30 PM
Working Lunch: White Paper Discussion
Working Lunch: White Paper Discussion
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
1:30 PM
Working Session on White Paper
Working Session on White Paper
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
1:50 PM
Closing Remarks
Closing Remarks
1:50 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium
2:00 PM
HFIR and Hot Cells Tour
HFIR and Hot Cells Tour
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: JICS Auditorium