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Real-time monitoring tool speeds up advanced nuclear reactor development

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Innovative technology combines continuous, remote, real-time testing and monitoring of byproduct gasses, paving the way for faster advanced reactor development and testing.

The right stuff to find the right materials

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

As he prepares to enter PNNL's Energy Sciences Center later this year, Vijayakumar 'Vijay' Murugesan is among DOE researchers exploring solutions to design and build transformative materials for batteries of the future.

A faster path to carbon-free power

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL streamlines environmental review process for advanced reactors, saving years and millions of dollars toward deployments of new nuclear power projects.

PNNL Energy Sciences Center will help realize clean energy future

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

New 140,000-square-foot facility will advance fundamental chemistry and materials science for higher-performing, cost-effective catalysts and batteries, and other energy efficiency technologies.

Explainable AI: A must for nuclear nonproliferation, national security

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Understanding the choices and recommendations of artificial intelligence systems is crucial, especially when the stakes are high, as they are with national security issues like nuclear nonproliferation. A PNNL team is using explainable AI to further the effectiveness of AI systems.

Upending complex crystal formation

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

PNNL researchers discover a new route to forming complex crystals.

Journal: Nature
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, Division of Chemical Sciences (DE-SC0021008), Geosciences, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences., Biosciences and Geosciences Division

A new era of accelerator science

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL's Jan Strube and colleagues from Germany and Japan outline the future of particle physics research using linear colliders, which could improve our understanding of dark matter and help answer fundamental questions about the universe.

Molecular details reveal new clues about common brain tumor

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

The largest and most detailed molecular analysis yet of an aggressive brain cancer, called glioblastoma, reveals fundamental details that drive its growth.

Deep learning trains buildings to optimize efficiency

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

New approach allows nonexperts to optimize control of a building's energy systems without adding computing power or proprietary software.

Residential batteries for solar power benefit owners and grid

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL researchers simulated residential battery use and found in-home energy storage can benefit both the power grid and homeowners.

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