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Savannah River National Laboratory established a new joint appointment with University of Florida professor Nathalie A Wall. Wall is director of University of Florida’s Nuclear Engineering Program, and her research interests include radiochemistry, nuclear wastes, nuclear forensics, the nuclear fuel cycle, and the environmental behavior of radionuclides.  Wall will collaborate with SRNL on projects related…

The efforts of the collaborative plant-based contaminant monitoring project between Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers resulted in the development of a series of charts that analyze the data collected from the hyperspectral camera images. The graphs below are an early proof of concept of the machine learning component…

Savannah River National Laboratory established its first joint appointment with University of Notre Dame and Associate Professor Amy Hixon.  Hixon’s research focuses on understanding and quantifying the behavior of actinide elements in natural and engineering systems in three key areas: 1) environmental radiochemistry; 2) chemical and physical properties of nuclear materials; and 3) synthesis and…

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began utilizing Bahia grass, a drought and heat tolerant plant, for environmental remediation in March of 2023. After an introduction from the Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) became a collaborator on the project, providing expertise in machine learning for…

Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) has successfully leveraged in situ well sensors for long-term contaminant monitoring across multiple Department of Energy sites and internationally. The Advanced Long-Term Environmental Monitoring Systems (ALTEMIS) approach uses sensors installed in groundwater wells to track and monitor contaminant movements to identify anomalies within groundwater plumes. This in turn enables forecasting…

A new HPE Apollo 6500 Gen 10 Plus System, dubbed “Raptor,” has a new home at the Savannah River National Laboratory. The technology is equipped with premier graphics processing units (GPUs) that will provide a significant upgrade to the scientific computing capabilities at SRNL. “When I came [to the lab], we had a 2006 GPU…

Savannah River National Laboratory Staff Scientist Robert Pierce is the recipient of the 2024 Donald A. Orth Lifetime Award of Merit for demonstrating technical excellence and leadership in his service to SRNL, the Savannah River Site, and the U.S. Department of Energy. The Donald A. Orth Lifetime Award of Merit for technical excellence and leadership…

Savannah River National Laboratory recently named Christine Langton a laboratory fellow. Langton has contributed to lab success in various capacities for the duration of her career. She leveraged her expertise in materials science, engineering and geochemistry to design several processes in environmental management, waste treatment, nuclear facility decommissioning and site closures. Langton served as a…

For several years, Savannah River National Laboratory has trained faculty, graduate and undergraduate students through innovative Department of Energy Office of Science programs. Working alongside researchers at SRNL and other DOE national labs, Workforce Development for Teachers and Students programs are designed to transform STEM learning into STEM careers. Similarly, the Office of Science Graduate…

The National Nuclear Security Administration’s Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation awarded Georgia Tech and the University of Tennessee-Knoxville consortia cooperative agreements in which Savannah River National Laboratory will collaborate. The two new NA-22 University Consortia awards will run for five years with a combined total budget of $50 million. The consortia cooperative agreements will support…

Savannah River National Laboratory and Clemson University recently established two new joint appointments, including SRNL’s first outgoing joint appointment. Jake Amoroso, a glass and ceramic scientist at SRNL, will soon be on the Clemson University campus as SRNL’s first outgoing joint appointment. Until this arrangement, SRNL’s Joint Appointment Program paired university faculty with SRNL resources…

Savannah River National Laboratory will receive $1.5 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The funding is part of the Creating Hardened And Durable fusion first Wall Incorporating Centralized Knowledge (CHADWICK) program, which aims to explore promising alloy design space and manufacturing processes to develop next generation materials…