State-of-the-art instrumentation and analytical techniques enable characterization of the critical properties of sediment and rock that control the subsurface movement and reactions of chemicals, water, and gases.
At the Aquatic Research Laboratory, PNNL scientists explore solutions for our nation’s growing need for clean, renewable energy. Projects are focused on monitoring and predicting the impacts of hydropower development and operation on water.
At PNNL’s Bio-Acoustics and Flow Laboratory, scientists explore ways to integrate environmental protection for fish passage and survival in hydropower operations.
Expertise in the 318 Building—the Radiological Exposures and Metrology (REM) Laboratory—supports health physics, radiation dosimetry, irradiation research design, Monte Carlo modeling, radiation biology, engineering, and radiography.
At PNNL’s Materials Science and Technology Building, researchers identify and predict degradation of materials in extreme environments, such as components within nuclear power plants, before damage leads to failure.
Radiological R&D—including advanced reactors, legacy waste clean-up, nuclear nonproliferation, forensics, medical isotopes, actinide processing, and radiochemistry—is done in this Hazard Category II non-reactor nuclear research facility.
From microbes to molecules, researchers at the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory use nature as inspiration to address some of the most critical challenges facing our nation and the world
The Interdiction Technology and Integration Laboratory (ITIL) at PNNL is a large-scale, indoor-outdoor test and research facility that is flexible and expandable.
Researchers in this lab investigate glass, glass-ceramic, grout, metal, and metal-ceramic wasteforms that will withstand corrosion over geologic time. This includes supporting the nation's nuclear waste vitrification efforts at Hanford.
