Categories for Nuclear Energy

Sandian named Scientist of the Year

September 11, 2023 8:28 am

“I was the only farm worker who had a calculus book in his car,” Sal Rodriguez joked when I asked... View Article

DUAL ATTACK — Sandia global security staff works with a team from a private Canadian nuclear power plant during a cyberattack exercise on May 17. The mock cyberattack was followed by a simulated physical intrusion. The exercise was the culmination of two-year project involving Sandia, Idaho National Laboratory and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories. (Photo by Craig Fritz)

Sandia partners with other labs to bolster nuclear security

July 24, 2023 8:00 am

Sandia is collaborating with international partners to collect data to better protect nuclear sites from cyberattacks and physical intrusions. As... View Article

Sandia National Laboratories researchers Rebecca Schaller, left, and Erin Karasz discuss the results of a stainless-steel corrosion test.

Testing coatings to conserve canisters against corrosion

April 19, 2023 8:00 am

As anyone who has lived near the ocean can attest, metal and sea mist are a recipe for corrosion. A... View Article

researcher stand behind a digitallly imposed image of the periodic table

Sandia scientists help enhance advanced nuclear reactor analysis

March 15, 2023 10:14 am

Nuclear power is a significant source of steady carbon-neutral electricity, and advanced reactors can add more of it to the... View Article

Two researchers stand in the desert. Power transformers are on the horizon in the background.

A fresh look at restoring power to the grid

January 31, 2023 8:50 am

Climate change can alter extreme weather events, and these events have the potential to strain, disrupt or damage the nation’s grid.... View Article

A team of Sandia National Laboratories researchers is testing materials to make the next generation of fusion reactors. This container is used to expose the samples to nuclear fusion. It holds seven samples of innovative tungsten alloys, post exposure. (Photo by Jonathan Coburn.)

Sandia work at the heart of next generation nuclear reactor

January 16, 2023 9:33 am

A team of Sandia National Laboratories researchers working on the reactor at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility is testing materials to make... View Article

Sandra Begay, center, talks with interns about how a photovoltaic panel works to generate electricity. The DOE has offered the internship program through Sandia since 2002. Picture taken at the Mission San Esteban Rey in the Pueblo of Acoma. Photo credit: Randy Montoya

Webinar: Partnerships for clean energy demonstrations

November 30, 2022 8:00 am

Dec. 13 webinar will focus on Sandia’s capabilities and expertise available for clean energy demonstration projects in rural, remote, island,... View Article

Nuclear Energy staff work in laboratory at Sandia

Sandia contributes nuclear science expertise to the International Youth Nuclear Congress

November 14, 2022 12:57 pm

Sylvia Saltzstein, Sandia’s Nuclear Fuel Cycle Technologies Senior Manager, will travel to Japan to participate in the upcoming International Youth... View Article

Yuliya tests batteries in her lab to understand how their performance degrades under different conditions.

Society of Women Engineers bestows awards on 3 Sandia staff, including its highest honor

October 24, 2022 8:00 am

The Society of Women Engineers has bestowed awards on three Sandia National Laboratories employees. Senior scientist Tina Nenoff received the... View Article

In this photo from 2020, Christopher Barr, right, a former Sandia National Laboratories postdoctoral researcher, and University of California, Irvine, professor Shen Dillon operate the In-situ Ion Irradiation Transmission Electron Microscope. Barr was part of a Sandia team that used the one-of-a-kind microscope to study atomic-scale radiation effects on metal. (Photo by Lonnie Anderson)

Scientists chip away at a metallic mystery, one atom at a time

September 28, 2022 7:59 am

Gray and white flecks skitter erratically on a computer screen. A towering microscope looms over a landscape of electronic and... View Article

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