September 2016

Paper on Swedish hillforts published

The first paper reporting our project looking at the Swedish hillfort vitrified material has been published online. http://www.witpress.com/elibrary/sdp-volumes/11/6/1388 Sjöblom, R., J. Weaver, D. Peeler, J. McCloy, A.A. Kruger, E. Ogenhall, and E. Hjärthner-Holdar, “Vitrified Hillforts As Anthropogenic Analogues For Nuclear Waste Glasses – Project Planning And Initiation,” International Journal of Sustainable Development, 11(6), 897-906 (2016).

Society for Glass Technology Centenary Conference

Prof. McCloy and Jamie Weaver recently attended the 100th anniversary conference of the Society for Glass Technology (SGT) in Sheffield, UK. Their talks were on glass ceramics, technetium, and ancient glasses. Below are some pictures of Jamie presenting to a packed room of nuclear waste scientists, and to a large auditorium in a joint session […]

José Marcial was selected and attended the National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering (NXS), in July/August.  From their website: “The main purpose of the National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering is to educate graduate students on the utilization of major neutron and x-ray facilities. Lectures, presented by researchers from academia, industry, and national […]