Second Requested Edit I have updated and added a bit to the History section of this page I have added sources to every statement I have added links to other Wikipedia pages I have added links to other websites I have also re worded a few of the paragraphs as well as updated grammar spelling mistakes Lastly I ve added the final paragraph with a source because it came out today Please let me know if you think this is ok Here is what I ve written History Phoenix Nuclear Labs was founded in 2005 by Dr Gregory Piefer after he completed his Ph D in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Wisconsin Madison Dr Piefer is also the CEO of PNL s sister company SHINE Medical Technologies and he has served as the Chief Technical Officer for Gillware Inc SHINE supplier wins contract GazetteXtra In July 2011 Dr Ross Radel who joined PNL in 2010 became President of PNL He earned his M S and his Ph D in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Wisconsin Madison In October 2012 PNL was awarded two contracts from the US Army PNL received an 879 000 Small Business Innovation Research SBIR Phase II grant to construct a high flux neutron generator for the purpose of detecting improvised explosive devices IED The second contract an 100 000 SBIR Phase I grant was awarded to PNL to design a neutron source for White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico Phoenix Nuclear Labs awarded Army contracts 2012 October 1 Retrieved October 6 2014 from In February 2014 PNL signed its first commercial contract with a British company that specializes in defense and security transport and energy Phoenix Nuclear Labs lands contract with British facility Phoenix Nuclear Labs lands contract with British facility In April 2014 PNL was awarded 1 million from the U S Department of Energy to design a high current negative hydrogen ion source under the SBIR Phase II project Tech and Biotech Phoenix Nuclear Labs gets funds for cutting edge project texting takes a novel twist with buzzMSG Wsj madison com In July 2014 PNL passed the preliminary testing on a system that can detect explosive materials including improvised explosives devices IED that could potentially go undetected through existing scanners that use X ray technology Phoenix demonstrates new system capability to detect hard to find explosives Homeland Security Technology Phoenix Nuclear Labs develops system to detect hard to find explosives Wsj madison com In August 2014 PNL and SHINE Medical Technologies achieved a significant milestone with the development of a 24 hour accelerator test The companies successfully operated the second generation neutron driver prototype for 24 consecutive hours with a 99 uptime DOTmed News SHINE Medical and Phoenix Nuclear achieve key technical milestone with 24 hour accelerator test dotmed com In October 2014 PNL announced that it was awarded a 3 million contract by the U S Army to develop an advanced neutron radiography imaging system The second generation version will be sent to Picatinny Arsenal a military facility in New Jersey as an upgraded unit to one that PNL sent there in 2013 PNL awarded 3 million Army contract KYTX CBS 19 Tyler Longview News Weather Sports