From Vikings to Vitrification: How ancient Swedish hillfort glass informs radioactive waste disposal
A Promising Trap for Radioactive Waste
A radioactive chemical called pertechnetate is a bad actor when it’s in nuclear waste tanks. But researchers at PNNL and the University of South Florida have a new lead on how to selectively separate it from the nuclear waste for treatment.
Josef 'Pepa' Matyas elected Fellow of ACerS
Josef "Pepa" Matyas, a materials scientist in PNNL’s Nuclear Sciences Division, has been elected a fellow of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS). He will be recognized at the ACerS annual meeting on September 30, 2019, in Portland, Ore.
DOE's Environmental Management Leader Visits PNNL Glass Lab
PNNL is world-renowned for its expertise in glass formulation and processing — knowledge that is instrumental to the work done in partnership with the DOE Office of River Protection to develop the vitrification process.
Molecular-Level Understanding of How Electrolytes Affect Boehmite Particle Aggregation
New IDREAM research explores the effects of electrolyte species on boehmite nanoparticle aggregation in legacy wastes.
Kevin Rosso Named American Geophysical Union Fellow
Geochemist Kevin Rosso named an American Geophysical Union fellow in recognition of his work leading the field of molecular geochemistry.
Radioactive Waste Within Reach
Installing new access holes (up to 6 feet in diameter) could reduce the overall time and cost to retrieve waste from Hanford's underground storage tanks, according to a structural analysis of the tank domes by PNNL and Becht Engineering.
Wasteform Development Laboratory
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.