nuclear fuel
A ‘molecular trap’ for capturing radioactive iodides in nuclear waste
Scintillating discovery at Sandia Labs
Computer modeling helps pinpoint best material out of a hundred thousand options
A little-known element called californium is making big waves in how scientists look at the periodic table.
A new discovery about the atomic structure of uranium dioxide will help scientists select the best computational model to simulate severe nuclear reactor accidents.
New material traps gases from nuclear fuel better and uses less energy than currently available options.
Some come to Idaho to travel the highways that lead to the Tetons, to Yellowstone, to small towns and big adventures. Idaho National Laboratory researcher Isabella van Rooyen came, all the way from South Africa, looking for a piece of silver 500,000 times smaller than a poppy seed.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Two of the nation’s fastest supercomputers will aid a research team, led by a University of Alabama computational chemist, in guiding both the development of new nuclear fuels and clean-up efforts from past nuclear fuel and weapon production.
Research by a team of Sandia chemists could impact worldwide efforts to produce clean, safe nuclear energy and reduce radioactive waste.
