SRNL HIGHLIGHTS:
New Projects Advance Nation’s Energy Security

SRNL is collaborating in several new projects to advance the nation’s energy security under two programs recently announced by the U.S. Department of Energy, the Energy Frontier Research Centers and the Nuclear Energy University Program.

Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs):

• Materials Science of Actinides, led by the University of Notre Dame:  SRNL’s David Hobbs, Tracy Rudisill, and Ann Visser
• Science Based Nano-Structure Design and Synthesis of Heterogeneous Functional Materials for Energy Systems, led by the University of SouthCarolina:  SRNL’s Kyle Brinkman and Thad Adams

Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP):

• On the Response of the MAX Phases to Neutron Irradiation, led by Drexel University:  SRNL’s Elizabeth Hoffman and Robert Sindelar
• Tritium Sequestration in Gen IV NGNP Gas Stream via Proton Conducting Ceramic Pumps, led by the University of South Carolina: SRNL’s Thad Adams and Kyle Brinkman

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