Safety & Engineering Analysis
The Safety & Engineering Analysis Department activities focus on development and application of new and innovative analysis methods for both nuclear and non-nuclear systems. The Department is organized into sections and groups for Plant System Analysis, Fluid Dynamics and Safety and Risk Assessments.
Capabilities
- Advanced Reactor Development
- Aerosol Experiments
- Engineering and Structural Mechanics
- Heat Transfer and fluid Mechanics
- Multi-physics Reactor Performance and Safety Simulations
- Nuclear Plant Dynamics and Safety
- Nuclear Waste Form and Repository Performance Modeling
- Risk Methodology and Evaluation
- System/Component Design, Engineering and Drafting
- System / Process Monitoring, Diagnostics and Control
- Nuclear Energy Systems Design and Development
See Engineering Development & Applications Department
Programs
- Advanced Reactor Concepts [1.9MB]
- Fuel Cycle Research & Development
- Generation IV (Gen IV) Nuclear Energy Program
- Materials Disposition (MD)
- Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling & Simulation
- Nuclear Waste Form Modeling
Facilities
- Aerosol Lab (AL)
- Computer Facilities (CF)
- Natural Convection Shutdown Heat Removal Test Facility (NSTF)
Other Resources / News Items
News Releases / In the Press
- Peters
and Fanning appear on NBC-5 report on Illinois nuclear power industry
and spent fuel recycle research at Argonne
On March 25, 2011, Chicago NBC TV affiliate Channel 5 reported on a public forum conducted by Illinois U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk to discuss the state of the nuclear energy industry in Illinois...
:: Watch the video of the report -- (Mar. 30, 2011)
Multimedia
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Related Documents
Fact Sheets:
- Generation IV (Gen IV) Program -
Fact Sheet
[ 73KB]
- Nuclear Waste Management -
Fact Sheet
[ 94KB]
Last Modified: Thu, February 13, 2020 4:19 PM