Departments

Engineering Analysis

The Engineering Analysis Department activities focus on development and application of new and innovative analysis methods for both nuclear and non-nuclear systems… [more]

Nuclear Systems Analysis

The Nuclear Systems Analysis Department activities concentrate on Reactor & Fuel Cycle Analysis,Simulation and Methods, Applied Physics & Nuclear Data, and Criticality Safety… [more]

Research & Test Reactor

The Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors (RERTR) Program develops technology necessary to enable the conversion of civilian facilities using high enriched uranium (HEU) to low enriched uranium (LEU) fuels and targets… [RERTR website]

RERTR-2013 International Meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors
October 27-30, 2013, Chicago, Illinois USA
The U.S. Department of Energy / National Nuclear Security Administration’s Office of Global Threat Reduction will host the “RERTR 2013 International Meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors.” The meeting is being organized by Argonne National Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory and will be held in Chicago, IL USA from October 27-30, 2013. This will be the 35th annual meeting in a series on the same general subject regarding conversion of reactors within the Global Threat Reduction Initiative. RERTR-2013 website.

Nonproliferation and National Security

Limiting risk of nuclear weapons proliferation through export control policy support, safeguarding of special nuclear materials in the Former Soviet Union, development of information management systems… [more]

Detection & Diagnostic Systems

The Detection & Diagnostic Systems Department conducts research and development related to instruments and non-destructive evaluation (NDE) techniques for characterization of materials and determination of system parameters related to different energy systems (including fossil, transportation, and nuclear). The Department also develops sensors and technologies for non-energy-producing applications such as homeland security and biomedical engineering… [more]

Engineering Development and Applications

The Engineering Development and Applications Department activities concentrate on Corrosion & Mechanics of Materials, Irradiation Performance, Engineering Development Labs, and Engineering Projects… [more]