SRNL Researchers Demonstrate Reversible Generation of a High Capacity Hydrogen Storage Materials
(July 6, 2009) – Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River National Laboratory have created a reversible route to generate aluminum hydride, a high capacity hydrogen storage material. >>MORE

DOE's SRNL and DWPF Honored By White House for Environmental Achievements
(June 17, 2009) – The U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and its Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) at the Savannah River Site were honored by the White House for an innovative environmental initiative that reduces contaminated waste requiring disposal and eliminates the need for people to enter a high-radiation area of the waste processing facility. >>MORE

SRNL to Study Applicability of Solar Cell Coatings
Work Funded by DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
(June 25, 2009) – A project under way at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River National Laboratory will study how special coatings that mimic structures found in nature can increase the usefulness of solar energy as a vital part of the nation’s future energy strategy. >>MORE

Restoration Institute, SRNL partner to develop bioenergy
(March 17, 2009) – In a move that will advance development of alternative energy in South Carolina, the state’s leading bioenergy researchers have teamed to study how South Carolina’s agricultural resources can help reduce the state’s and nation’s dependence on fossil fuels. >>MORE

Pittcon Symposium Explores Role of Analytical Chemistry in Advancing Hydrogen Energy
(March 3, 2009) – “Analytical Challenges and Opportunities in the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Energy Frontier” will be the subject of an invited symposium at the 60th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical
Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy. >>MORE

SRNL Research and Development Paves Way
(Jan. 29, 2009) – Long before the shovels broke ground for the SRS Waste Solidification Building (WSB), work began on the research and development to define and test
the waste product that the facility will produce. That’s where SRNL came in. >>MORE

SRNL Employee to Serve International Energy Project
(December 12, 2008) – David Babineau from SRNL has been selected to serve as the Tritium Plant Responsible Officer for the ITER project, in Cadarache, France. ITER is a major international research project with the goal of demonstrating the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion energy. >>MORE

Test Program Honored by Department of Homeland Security
(Nov. 20, 2008) – The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office’s (DNDO) Crawdad Test and Evaluation Program, carried out at SRNL this summer, has been awarded the Secretary’s DHS Team Award by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. >>MORE