PROJECT TITLE: NEUTRON CAPTURE CROSS SECTION MEASUREMENTS ON SHORT-LIVED ISOTOPES PROJECT OBJECTIVES: PROFESSORS LIDDICK AND SPYROU FROM MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (MSU) WILL COLLABORATE WITH THE RESEARCH TEAMS THE UNIVERSITY OF OLSO, NORWAY, LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY (LLNL), AND LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY (LANL) WITH THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE TO USE A NEW METHOD TO INFER NEUTRON CAPTURE, (N,¿), CROSS SECTIONS ON SHORT-LIVED ISOTOPES. THE TECHNIQUE WILL BE APPLIED TO NUCLEI OF INTEREST FOR BOTH STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP AND ASTROPHYSICS AT BOTH THE FACILITY FOR RARE ISOTOPE BEAMS (FRIB) AND ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ANL). THE PROJECT WILL ALSO STRENGTHEN THE CONNECTION BETWEEN YOUNG RESEARCHERS IN UNIVERSITY-BASED NUCLEAR SCIENCE PROGRAMS AND STAFF AT THE NATIONAL LABORATORIES. STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS TRAINED IN NUCLEAR SCIENCE TECHNIQUES WILL BE EXPOSED TO NATIONAL SECURITY PROBLEMS AND WILL SPEND EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME AT THE NATIONAL LABORATORIES INTERACTING WITH LABORATORY