Nuclear Energy Safety Technologies

Sandia’s Nuclear Energy Safety Technologies Group develops innovative technologies and methodologies through scientific analyses and experiments to enhance the safety of the nuclear fuel cycle and the supporting infrastructure. These solutions cover a broad spectrum of activities ranging from large multiscale/multipurpose experiments to phenomenological modeling, and from risk/safety modeling and assessments to support of regulatory rule making.

Capabilities

• Experimental Testing
  • Multi-scale and Multi-process Testing
  • Large-Scale Validation Experiments
• Phenomenological Modeling
• Structural
• Thermal
• Risk and Safety Assessment
  • Severe Accident Modeling
  • Probabilistic Risk Assessment
  • Human Reliability Assessment
  • Fire Science
  • Transportation Safety
  • Uncertainty Analysis
• Informing Policy-Makers and Regulatory Support
  • Regulatory Gap Analysis
  • Quality Assurance
  • Training