IAEA, PNNL test new uranium enrichment monitor
January 16, 2026, 7:29AMNuclear News

Research team members at PNNL pose with their UGES prototype, including (from left) James Ely, Riane Stene, Nikhil Deshmukh, Mital Zalavadia, Benjamin McDonald, Grey Batie, and Rodrigo Guerrero. (Photo: Andrea Starr/PNNL)
A uranium enrichment monitor developed by a team at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will soon be undergoing testing for nonproliferation applications at the International Atomic Energy Agency Centre of Excellence for Safeguards and Non-Proliferation in the United Kingdom. A recent PNNL news article describes how the research team, led by nuclear physicist James Ely, who works within the lab’s National Security Directorate, developed the UF6 gas enrichment sensor (UGES) prototype for treaty verification and other purposes.
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