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 bottle cap thwarts wine counterfeiters
A new cap invented by Argonne's Vulnerability Assessment Team can detect fraudulent or tampered wine. By plugging the cap into a computer through a USB cable, a wine buyer or auctioneer can determine if the wine inside is genuine. New generations of the cap will contain a color sensor that detects a particular tiny section of a tie-dye pattern located under the cap. Read the full story at:
:: New bottle cap thwarts wine counterfeiters - Argonne News Release (Aug. 1st, 2008)
:: Vulnerability Assessment Team - in this website

Allaying Structural-Alloy Corrosion
The search for ways to conserve energy is leading scientists to explore unexpected but important avenues, such as technologies that make extensive use of alloys that are subject to corrosion, which can result in significant energy inefficiency. Argonne researchers using three U.S. Department of Energy facilities have developed a new alloy that could save over $1 billion per year in lost energy for the U.S. hydrogen industry alone. For more information:
:: Allaying Structural-Alloy Corrosion - Advanced Photon Source Highlights (07/30/08)
:: Argonne scientists discover networks of metal nanoparticles are culprits in alloy corrosion New alloy composition could cut costs for petrochemical industry - Argonne News Releases (08/04/08)
:: Corrosion and Mechanics of Materials - in this website

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Upcoming Events

Courses

October 6-8, 2008
Facility Decommissioning Training Course (Virginia Beach, VA, USA)
Online registration OPEN for this session. Please follow the link above for updates and details.

November 17-20, 2008
Facility Decommissioning Training Course (Las Vegas, NV, USA)
Online registration OPEN for this session. Please follow the link above for updates and details.

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Meetings

October 5-9, 2008
RERTR-2008 (Washington D.C., USA)
The U.S. Department of Energy / National Nuclear Security Administration’s Office of Global Threat Reduction is hosting the “RERTR 2008 International Meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors” in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The meeting is being organized by Argonne National Laboratory and will be held in Washington, D.C. USA from October 5-9, 2008. This will be the 30th annual meeting in a series on the same general subject regarding the conversion of reactors within the Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI). Details are available in the RERTR-2008 website.

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Conferences

No upcoming conferences scheduled at this time

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