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SRNL and the University of Georgia have announced the joint appointment of J. Marshall Shepherd, an internationally recognized expert in weather and climate who will collaborate on research initiatives between the two institutions.

Welcome Summer 2025 Interns!. SRNL recently welcome its largest summer intern cohort. More than 85 interns representing 15 states and 40+ schools are participating in the program. Please help us welcome the interns to the SRNL!

Did you know SRNL performs fusion fuel cycle modeling? Fusion fuel cycle modeling helps optimize system design, monitor operation, control the process and simulate performance.

Fusion energy, the same energy that powers the sun and stars, occurs when 2 atoms combine to form a heavier atom. To help realize fusion energy commercialization, SRNL researchers are advancing technologies, materials and process efficiencies in the deuterium tritium fuel cycle.

SRNL is positioned to leverage decades of expertise and safe and environmentally responsible waste treatment technologies. Our mission is to get involved with the commercial industry and help them solve difficult challenges.

SRNL helped develop pioneering technologies to separate the low and high level waste streams at Savannah River Site. This is beneficial for current and future nuclear industry, including power reactors, medical and isotope production facilities, as well as defense programs.

One of the focus areas of SRNL's Environmental and Legacy Management directorate, is looking at methods to safely dissolve some of the non aluminum clad spent nuclear fuel stored at the Savannah River Site.

All nuclear materials are different and all require a different type of surveillance. They are all packaged differently, so with each one comes different challenges.

SRNL’s International Trade Analysis and Policy Support group hosted its first UGARI Scholar, Kaley Walker. The program allows University of Georgia students to work alongside SRNL personnel and further their academic research.

The Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative connects industry, academia and government to improve advanced manufacturing in areas such as additive manufacturing, AI-driven automation and more. Learn more about the AMC at the link below.

SRNL joined members of government, academia, and industry at the SCSP AI + Expo this week in Washington, D.C. Lab Director Johney Green participated in the “National Labs and AI” panel discussion, highlighting how SRNL is using AI. #SCSPAIExpo25

SRNL’s Cathy Ramsey was recently recognized by the Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System. NMMSS is our nation’s system for tracking nuclear material and is Department of Energy, the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Did you know that SRNL is home to the only dedicated forensic examination facility in the U.S. for handling radiological evidence or traditional evidence contaminated with radiological materials? Learn more in MATTER Magazine

The American Nuclear Society's May issue of Nuclear News showcased how SRNL's decades of experience in nuclear materials processing makes the lab uniquely qualified to meet the current and future challenges of the nuclear fuel cycle. Read more below.

Bill Bates provided a presentation on potential sources for HEU down-blending to the 29th annual Nuclear Materials Management & Safeguards Systems Users Technical exchange earlier this month. Click the link below to learn more.

The Savannah River National Laboratory led a 2018 project to address DOE nuclear material disposition challenges. In 2023, the team developed a robust ranking system that evaluated the options for disposition of each TBD material group.

The March 2025 issue of the Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry features a study by SRNL scientists titled “Biofilm growth in water-cooling towers as collection platforms for airborne radionuclides. Read it in full here

SRNL and Augusta University recently announced Guido F. Verbeck, Ph.D., an expert in mass spectrometry instrument design and development, as a joint appointee, a role through which he will collaborate on research activities between the two institutions.

SRNL is leveraging decades of expertise in four key areas that address the emerging needs associated with advanced small modular reactor (SMR) fuel cycles. Read more in MATTER magazine