GRETA, sensitive and flexible, heads to Michigan State to study the nucleus
August 21, 2025, 12:03PMNuclear News

GRETA will use multiple germanium crystals to track gamma rays emitted from nuclear decays. Pictured here are 24 of the 120 crystals in 6 modules. (Credit: Robinson Kuntz/Berkeley Lab)
Researchers announced earlier this month that they have completed major construction of the Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Array (GRETA), a precision tool for gamma ray spectroscopy that, according to Paul Fallon, a researcher at University of California–Berkeley and GRETA’s project director, will be 10 to 100 times more sensitive than previous nuclear science experiments. Fallon was quoted in an August 8 article published by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)—where GRETA’s project leaders are based and GRETA was assembled.
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