Associate Chair for Research and Woodruff Professor
George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
Anna Erickson is a sought-after expert on the potential benefits and risks of nuclear energy.
Anna Erickson’s work focuses on bridging a critical gap between the reactor engineering and nuclear nonproliferation communities by integrating theoretical reactor analysis and design and experimental detection. She serves as director for the Consortium for Enabling Technologies and Innovation, a group of 12 universities and 12 national laboratories tasked with developing new technologies and educational programs to support the U.S. Department of Energy’s nuclear science, security, and nonproliferation goals. She is also a co-author of Active Interrogation in Nuclear Security: Science, Technology, and Systems, published by Nature Springer, and more than 100 journal publications, conference proceedings, and presentations.
CBS News
Energy Department officials are promising to share details on what's billed as a major breakthrough in the field of nuclear fusion. CBS News' John Dickerson explores the potential significance with Professor Anna Erickson, who teaches nuclear and radiological engineering at Georgia Tech
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/nuclear-fusion-breakthrough-energy-scientist/
CNN
Anna Erickson, associate professor of nuclear and radiological engineering at Georgia Tech, said the uranium exposure at the museum is unlikely to have been hazardous to visitors.
“Uranium ore contains natural (unenriched) uranium which emits relatively low amounts of radiation,” Erickson said. “Given the extremely low reading (zero above background) 5 feet away from the bucket, I’m skeptical there could be any health hazards associated with visiting the exhibit.”
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/20/health/grand-canyon-radiation-museum-trnd/index…
Inverse
“The gamma rays of different energies interact with the material in very different ways,” Anna Erickson, an assistant mechanical engineering professor at Georgia Tech, says. “And how the signals are attenuated will be a very good indicator of what the atomic number of the hidden material is, and its potential density.”
https://www.inverse.com/article/14395-nuclear-weapons-hidden-in-cargo-container…
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