AIKEN, S.C. (Oct. 29, 2024) – Savannah River National Laboratory will receive $6 million to lead two projects related to Laboratory Foundational Science Programs in Fusion Materials, Nuclear Science, and Enabling Technologies. The two projects receiving funding include: 1) Non-Aqueous 2-D Material Based Hydrogen Isotope Separation, led by principal investigator Dale Hitchcock; and 2) Development…
AIKEN, S.C. (Oct. 10, 2024) – Savannah River National Laboratory and Flibe Energy, Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen their research and development capabilities and explore opportunities for collaboration related to nuclear energy and advanced nuclear fuel cycles. Under the MOU, SRNL and Flibe Energy will foster scientific and technical collaboration in areas…
AIKEN, S.C. (Sept. 12, 2024) – Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) Director Vahid Majidi has announced his intention to resign effective January 2025 to make way for SRNL’s next visionary leader. Majidi was hired as the SRNL laboratory director in March 2018 and led the establishment of Battelle Savannah River Alliance (BSRA) in 2021 to…
Aiken, S.C. (Sep. 03, 2024) – Savannah River National Laboratory and Antares Nuclear, Inc. entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement to advance technology development related to the deployment and utilization of small reactor-based power systems. Under the CRADA, SRNL and Antares will collaborate on areas such as fuel cycle management, modular facility deployment,…
Aiken, S.C. (April 17, 2024) – Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and Clemson University jointly appointed Ramtin Hadidi, Ph.D., to expand collaborative grid infrastructure efforts between SRNL and Clemson. Hadidi’s research focuses on power and energy system modeling and simulation, integration, testing and standardization of distributed energy resources, microgrids control, power system stability studies, controller…
Aiken, S.C. (Feb. 8, 2024) – Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and Clemson University jointly appointed Sez Atamturktur Russcher, Ph.D., to collaborate in research around modeling and simulation of engineering systems. Russcher, an expert in computer modeling of engineering systems, uncertainty quantification and risk analysis, is a professor of mechanical engineering at Clemson University. She…