Savannah River National Laboratory

Ensuring that everyone’s lights remain on is achieved through safeguarding both critical cyber and physical infrastructure. SRNL supports that safeguarding effort through extensive and innovative testing. Check out the MATTER Magazine article "From Nuclear Production to Grid Support" at https://lnkd.in/eT99xenJ

SRNL is looking for a transformational leader to serve as our next laboratory director and president and CEO of Battelle Savannah River Alliance.  The chosen leader will be at the forefront of creating, inspiring, communicating, and delivering SRNL’s mission of putting science to work to protect our environment, serve our national defense, secure our clean energy future, and reduce emerging nuclear threats.  The role demands overseeing all aspects of laboratory management, maintaining and enhancing SRNL’s excellence in science and technology, skilled relationship management, effective communication, and comprehensive application of Battelle’s laboratory management philosophy. Contact Gary Worrell for more information or visit https://lnkd.in/g4bdqYJV.

SRNL recently met the first-year milestone of the “Structure Property Relationships in Two-Dimensional MXenes” project, a collaboration with two minority serving intuitions, Fayetteville State University and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. The first annual project report noted significant progress made, which includes surpassing the original proposal plan in both technical accomplishments and submission of manuscripts based on the project. This project focuses on comprehensive investigation of various characteristics of MXenes. MXenes are a type of two-dimensional inorganic compounds with a specific chemical formula. This project aims to improve understanding of the correlation between synthesis and processing routes of MXenese to determine the best material for energy storage technology. Pictured are SRNL summer interns from Fayetteville State University with SRNL researchers Binod Rai and Alex Bretana.

Today we hosted 100 students from Georgia and South Carolina high schools from across the Augusta Region for Cyber Georgia STEMfest! It was an electric day filled with cyber, STEM, problem solving, creating, and learning. We look forward to hosting middle schoolers next spring. Big thanks to all of our sponsors: Cyber Fusion Innovation Center Conceal Sealing Technologies, a Parsons Company Savannah River National Laboratory Booz Allen Hamilton SRS COMMUNITY REUSE ORGANIZATION

SRNL is leading conversations about solving fuel cycle challenges with focus on the “backend” or waste disposition for advanced and small modular reactors. Read more in MATTER magazine at https://lnkd.in/gsqt6BDS

New third-party analyses by the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) support our unique Magnetized Target Fusion design approach to shielding the fusion machine’s vessel from neutron damage and producing enough tritium to sustain power plant operations for the life of the machine. These characteristics are designed to address two key barriers to commercializing fusion power: sustainable fuel use and production and the ‘first wall problem.’ The UKAEA modelling indicates that General Fusion’s power plant will generate sufficient tritium to fuel the plant for the life of its operations. Tritium is a key component of fuel used in most fusion technologies but is a scarce resource. Therefore, commercial fusion power plants must produce enough tritium to ensure a self-sustaining fuel source. The SRNL study builds upon the UKAEA’s analysis and found that our design: ✔ Requires less tritium for start-up ✔ Will take significantly less time to breed enough tritium to fuel a second power plant ✔ Has a higher tritium breeding ratio than what is publicly available for traditional tokamak fusion approaches The UKAEA’s modelling also supports that our liquid metal wall shields our fusion vessel from neutron activation, addressing the critical ‘first wall problem’ – the damage fusion machine vessels incur when bombarded with neutrons produced by fusion. With our game-changing liquid metal wall, our commercial machine will operate without frequent major equipment replacements, driving significant advantages in efficiency, capacity factor, and capital and operational cost. 🌟 Click to read our full announcement with links to the analyses:

ICYMI The 20th Anniversary issue of MATTER Magazine is available on our website. MATTER highlights the impact of SRNL’s research and development across the DOE complex, our nation and the world.

🌟 Savannah River National Laboratory's first-ever Energy I-Corps team is making waves in deuterium development! 🌊 Their innovative "Controlled Equilibrium Catalytic Isotope Exchange" (CECIE) process has the potential to revolutionize fields from medicine to energy storage. OTT's Energy I-Corps program helped the team learn about opportunities to transform their research into real-world impact, and now they're paying it forward by inspiring others to follow in their footsteps. 🚀 Read about their participation in Cohort 18: https://bit.ly/3TuGwW0 Want to bring your DOE clean energy technology to market? Applications to the Spring 2024 Energy I-Corps program (Cohort 20) are now open to DOE National Labs, plants, and sites. This 2-month intensive commercialization training is your chance to engage with industry and unlock your lab-developed tech’s full potential. Applications are due October 11—don’t miss out! 👉 Apply Now: https://bit.ly/47y8Jkq #EnergyICorps #CleanEnergy #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #DOE #TechTransfer

In honor of National Postdoc Appreciation Week, Savannah River National Laboratory is celebrating the incredible contributions of its postdoctoral researchers. Five postdocs share why they chose SRNL, the value of mentorship, and advice for students pursuing careers in STEM. Mentorship and hands-on experience are key to shaping the next generation of innovators. Alexis Riche Colleen Hilla Stephen Vicchio, PhD Chelsea Goetzman PhD Matt Gordon, PhD https://lnkd.in/eFF6XHC4

The 20th Anniversary edition of MATTER Magazine is available on our website at https://lnkd.in/epKtge_U MATTER Magazine provides feature length articles about how SRNL puts science to work to help protect our environment, serve our national defense, secure our clean energy future, and reduce emerging nuclear threats. MATTER Magazine is published twice a year in print and digital formats. In this edition you’ll find stories about SRNL’s work focusing on space nonproliferation, the Center for Hierarchical Waste Forms, grid security, our mobile facilities and the deployment of Advanced Long-Term Environmental Monitoring Systems beyond the Savannah River Site. Nearly every story in this edition highlights the impact of SRNL’s research and development and applied science achievements across the DOE complex, our nation and the world.