Research & Technology Track
Tuesday July 29, 2025
For the first year at Mirion Connect, we are excited to announce a dedicated track for scientists and researchers. This will comprise of presentations and poster sessions with contributions from both Mirion and our user community on work in the following areas:
- Big science and fundamental research carried out by our user community on work that furthers our understanding of our universe (including, but not limited to nuclear and particle physics, space science).
- Novel development and application of technology bringing benefits to our user community (including the novel deployment of Mirion products and technology for new applications as well as the development of new technology).
- The application of evolving technologies such as robotics, AI, machine learning and data science for the benefit of our user community.
RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY
SCHEDULE
TUESDAY JULY 29, 2025
8:00AM - 8:45AM
Breakfast/Registration
8:45AM - 9:15AM
Welcome
AM Session
9:00AM - 9:45AM
Reference Material Production at the Terrestrial Environmental Radiochemistry Laboratory
Dr. Jonathan Burnett, Head of Terrestrial Environmental Radiochemistry Laboratory, IAEA, Vienna
9:45AM - 10:15AM
Ultra-Sensitive Measurements of Airbourne Nuclear Debris
Mr. Ashley Davies, Radionuclide Engineering Officer, Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), Vienna
10:15AM - 10:30AM
Break/Poster Session
10:30AM - 11:15AM
Chrysos PhotonAssay™ - Deploying Activation Analysis and Gamma-ray Spectroscopy at Scale for the Global Mining Industry
Dr. James Tickner, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, Chrysos Corporation
11:15AM - 12:00PM
HALO DA Bridge service (HALODABs): Enhancing Real-Time Effluent Monitoring and Reporting at INL’s ATR Facility
Mr. Jonathan Mecham, Software Analysis/Integration Engineer, Idaho National Laboratory
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Lunch
PM Session
1:00PM - 1:45PM
Can time tell? The importance of time evolution in gamma spectrometry
Dr. Henrik Persson, Principle Research Scientist, Mirion Technologies
1:45PM - 2:20PM
Nuclide Identification with Artificial Intelligence
Mr. Cameron Cianci, Scientist, Mirion Technologies
2:30PM - 2:45PM
Break
2:45PM - 3:15PM
Pulse Shape Analysis and Machine Learning for Large Volume HPGe Detectors
Dr. Fraser Holloway, Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Liverpool
3:15PM - 4:00PM
Predictive Maintenance Solutions using Artificial Intelligence
Mr. Cameron Cianci, Scientist, Mirion Technologies
5:30PM - 8:00PM
Technology Hub / Posters / Welcome Reception
