2026 Releases

Savannah River National Laboratory has been awarded funding supported by the Department of Energy’s groundbreaking Genesis Mission initiative, leveraging SRNL’s advanced artificial intelligence to drive a paradigm shift in environmental restoration and revitalization.   The Genesis Mission is a historic national initiative led by the U.S. Department of Energy, which is building the world’s most powerful integrated science discovery platform. By uniting government,…

Senior research fellow Dawn Wellman has been appointed to the Critical Materials Innovation Hub (CMI Hub) executive team, strengthening Savannah River National Laboratory’s expertise and capabilities in critical minerals and materials (CMM). “Critical materials capabilities have been part of the SRNL story since the lab’s founding in the Cold War Era,” said SRNL’s Eric Pierce,…

Savannah River National Laboratory has announced a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with Silica-X, a leader in knowledge-discovery and artificial intelligence technologies. The innovative partnership will revolutionize AI-based data management and contextualization, serving as a cornerstone for SRNL’s support of the Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission initiative and advancing national laboratory capabilities. SRNL researchers will…

Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management (EM) Tim Walsh visited Savannah River National Laboratory and saw first-hand how the laboratory is leveraging its vast expertise and decades of experience to develop new, impactful advancements in national security, environmental stewardship, and energy abundance and affordability. SRNL Director Johney Green led Walsh through several tour stops across SRNL…

SRNL congratulates Tech Source subcontractor Ed Ketusky on his recent appointment of Waste Management Fellow.  Ketusky has more than 30 years of technology development and engineering experience focusing on solving complex radioactive material storage and packaging issues. Active in Waste Management Symposia for the last 18 years, he has been a Program Advisory Committee (PAC)…

AIKEN, SC – Savannah River National Laboratory and the University of Delaware recently announced the joint appointment of Srikanth Pilla, associate dean for research and the director of the Center for Composite Materials in the College of Engineering at the university.  “I am honored by this joint appointment with Savannah River National Laboratory,” said Pilla….

Aiken, S.C. – Savannah River National Laboratory has appointed Roderick Jackson as associate laboratory director for the Science, Energy and Innovation Directorate.  Jackson will lead the recently established directorate, which is designed to integrate fundamental research, energy resilience and innovation under a unified, mission-focused framework. The directorate aims to accelerate technology development and expand SRNL’s…