Analysis of particles formed from burning methane is performed with a visible laser.
The Energy, Resources and Nonproliferation (ERN) Program serves the nation's security interests through excellence in science, technology, and engineering; continuously improved understanding of complex systems; contributions in arenas where technology and policy intersect; and appropriate global engagement to achieve:
- Improved energy and critical resource surety (safety, security, reliability, sustainability)
- Reductions in the proliferation of dangerous materials, and
- Increased world stability
ERN's Lines of Business
ERN is divided into three key lines of business:
- Fuel and Water Systems
- Nuclear Energy
- Global Security
In order to meet evolving mission needs in these areas, the Enabling Breakthrough Science and Discovery Crosscut fosters foundational work in:
Energy Demands on Water Resources: "a report on energy and water interdependencies, focusing on threats to national energy production that might result from limited water supplies."
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- Breakthrough science and discovery
- Systems modeling and analysis
- Intrinsic security
The Fuel and Water Systems Line of Business provides a systems perspective and critical solutions for fuel and water issues that assure:
- Secure and sustainable supply of resources
- Safe and resilient fuel and water energy delivery infrastructure
- Clean and efficient use of resources
Sandia is helping to shape and achieve the vision of an environmentally and politically safe future fueled by nuclear power.
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The Nuclear Energy Line of Business helps to renew U.S. leadership in nuclear energy by employing Sandia's strengths in:
- Repository science
- Nonproliferation
- Safety and security
- Transportation
- Modeling and system demonstrations
Sandia's International Biological Threat Reduction (IBTR) program advances U.S. threat reduction and counterterrorism goals by working to develop and implement systems and practices that promote the safe, secure, and responsible use and management of high-risk biological agents across the globe.
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The Global Security Line of Business reduces existing and emerging proliferation and terrorism threats to U.S. security by creating sustainable system solutions through international cooperation. Global Security centers on:
- Nuclear/Radiological Threat Reduction
- Biological/Chemical Threat Reduction
- Global Security Engagement
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories' Combustion Research Facility are part of an international team that has detected a new class of compounds previously unknown in flames, a breakthrough that could lead to soot reduction, decreases in flame pollutants, improved fuel cells, and enhanced modeling of planetary atmospheres and interstellar chemistry.
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The enabling crosscuts will foster future key areas that will assist ERN to create a competitive advantage as it proceeds into the future by developing continual breakthroughs in science and technology, collaborations, systems modeling and analysis, and enhanced intrinsic security.
- Breakthrough S&T Collaborations
- Systems Modeling S&T
- Intrinsic Security
