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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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Nonproliferation and National Security Department

Nonproliferation & Safeguards

According to the White House, "the gravest danger to the American people is the threat of a terrorist attack with a nuclear weapon and the spread of nuclear weapons to dangerous regimes."

The Nonproliferation and Safeguards Group supports efforts to ensure that these threats are not realized, especially by helping to strengthen the safeguards system of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). It also works to strengthen the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT).

Projects We've Been Involved In

Support for the NNSA Next Generation Safeguards Initiative through policy development and systems study analysis, development of training courses and public education and outreach to improve the resources available to the IAEA.
A three-week, graduate level summer course, Nuclear Nonproliferation, Safeguards and Security in the 21st Century
Training of IAEA inspectors to carry out their inspection
Security reviews of licensed users of radioactive materials in New York City, New Jersey and Connecticut.
Support for US participation in NPT review conferences, analysis of country issues, and improving safeguards approaches and use of safeguards technologies.

Material Protection and Control & Accounting Cooperative Programs Division

The mission of the Material Protection and Control & Accounting Cooperative Programs Division is to provide assistance in reducing the threat posed by weapons-usable nuclear material by cooperating with various Russian Institutes to install sustainable physical protection and material accounting upgrades appropriate for the level of material attractiveness and the threat of theft. BNL currently supports the work of the MPC&A Program at eight Russian nuclear facilities.