Welcome to Nuclear Engineering

The Nuclear Engineering (NE) Division is one of the divisions within the Energy Sciences and Engineering Directorate of Argonne National Laboratory. Our mission is to advance the design and operation of nuclear energy systems and to apply our nuclear energy-related expertise to current and emerging programs of national and international significance.

The NE Division participates in key DOE Nuclear Energy programs such as the Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative, the Generation IV Initiative, and the Nuclear Hydrogen Initiative. We also have major roles in national security and non-proliferation programs conducted by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and other agencies.

Division personnel additionally contribute to improving the operation of existing nuclear energy systems and to resolving issues related to their performance and safety. We have a key role in advancing major Laboratory initiatives in such diverse areas as transportation, hydrogen generation and computational science. Finally, we contribute engineering expertise to the design, operation and decommissioning of major facilities at Argonne and elsewhere.

Nuclear Engineering Activities

In the News

NEW ISSUE: The Journal of Physical Security
The first issue of The Journal of Physical Security (JPS) hosted by Argonne National Laboratory is there! This issue contains an eclectic mixture of topics. The first two papers are about the emerging issue of Open Sourcing for physical security. Open Sourcing has long been a common practice for software, but is relatively rare for security hardware. The remaining papers discuss a design basis threat approach to protecting a radiological source in a hospital, when and how to disclose physical security vulnerabilities, and a discussion about business confidentiality and protecting sensitive information...
:: Journal of Physical Security

Gohar, Roglans-Ribas honored for nonproliferation work
Dr. Yousry Gohar, manager of NE's Applied Physics and Nuclear Data section and Dr. Jordi Roglans-Ribas, Manager of the Research & Test Reactor Conversion Dept., received Secretary of Energy Achievement Awards from Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman for their work on the Bratislava Security Initiative Team under the Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) Russian Research Reactor Fuel Return (RRRFR) Program and the GTRI-Reactor Conversion Program.
:: Gohar, Roglans-Ribas honored for nonproliferation work -- NE Highlights

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Upcoming Events

Argonne Open House 2009

Argonne is opening its gates to the community Saturday, Aug. 29, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Some preliminary information about this event is available at the Argonne web site. Check it out!
:: Argonne Public Open House 2009

Courses

July 20-23, 2009
Facility Decommissioning Training Course (Richland, WA, USA)
Online registration OPEN for this session. Classes: Jul. 20-22. Hanford Site Tour: Jul. 23, 2009.
Please follow the link above for updates and details.

October 5-7, 2009
Facility Decommissioning Training Course (Virginia Beach, VA, USA)
Online registration OPEN for this session. Please follow the link above for updates and details.

Nov. 16-19, 2009
Facility Decommissioning Training Course (Las Vegas, NV, USA)
Online registration OPEN for this session. Classes: Nov. 16-18. Nevada Test Site Tour: Nov. 19, 2009.
Please follow the link above for updates and details.

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Meetings

RERTR 2009 International Meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors
Nov. 1-5, 2009, Beijing, China

The U.S. Department of Energy / National Nuclear Security Administration’s Office of Global Threat Reduction in cooperation with the China Atomic Energy Authority and International Atomic Energy Agency will host the “RERTR 2009 International Meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors.” The meeting is organized by Argonne National Laboratory, China Institute of Atomic Energy and Idaho National Laboratory and will be held in Beijing, China from November 1-5, 2009. This will be the 31st annual meeting in a series on the same general subject regarding the conversion of reactors within the Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI). For more information and to register visit the RERTR-2009 website.

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Conferences

No upcoming conferences scheduled at this time

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