Structural &
Seismic Eng.

Evaluates the safety of complex structures and structural components when subjected to severe loads

Nuclear
Analysis

Uses state-of-the-art computer tools to analyze nuclear reactor and fuel cycle designs.

Systems
Engineering

Research in the design and operations of complex systems, including their hardware, software, and human elements.

Risk &
Reliabilty Analysis

Conducts risk and reliability assessments of commercial nuclear power plants and other complex technological systems.

Advanced Materials for Energy Systems

Conducts research on materials in extreme environments for advanced energy systems.

Provides information services in the fields of low and medium energy nuclear physics to users in the United States and Canada. Provides information on neutron, charged-particle, and photonuclear reactions, nuclear structure, and decay data.

Radiation Detector R&D

Research in the forefront of technological advances that may allow law enforcement and Homeland Security personnel to detect and locate sources of radiation.

Safeguards and Verification

Manages and coordinates support to international programs on behalf of U.S. government agencies including the International Safeguards Project Office, the Technical Survey Team, the Insider Threat Working Group, and Global Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention.

Nonproliferation
and Safeguards

Works to mitigate the threat posed by radiological materials

Nonproliferation and Homeland Security Field Support

Develops and tests radiation detectors for nonproliferation, treaty verification and homeland security applications.

Energy Storage

Basic electrochemical research to improve the efficiency and reliability of fuel cells and batteries.

Renewable Energy

Develops solutions to key issues facing the deployment, grid integration, and life-cycle assessment of renewable energy technologies in the U.S.

Energy Conversion

Offers advanced technical solutions to reduced fossil fuel use in geothermal power and building energy applications.

Energy Policy and Technology Analysis

Conducts long-term integrated energy, environmental, and economic analysis using the MARKAL family of models.

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Sustainable Energy Technologies Department

Energy Storage Group

A change toward alternative transportation – hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles and electric vehicles – is essential for reducing oil dependency. Brookhaven National Laboratory conducts leading-edge research into two of the most promising technologies to move us closer to making such vehicles feasible, affordable and safe: solid-state hydrogen storage and lithium batteries.

Brookhaven scientists are conducting basic electrochemical research to significantly improve the efficiency and reliability of fuel cells and batteries. They have launched a concerted effort of basic and applied research for the development of improved energy-storage materials and systems with high energy densities, fast cycling rates and long cycling lifetimes in efficient, economical and safe media. The overall goal is to establish a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary energy-storage program that includes basic and applied experimental and theoretical efforts on energy storage for mobile and stationary applications. Using the Lab’s unique facilities, researchers will develop energy storage programs in lithium batteries, electrochemical capacitors, metal hydrides, and chemical hydrogen carriers.

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