Space Science, Technology, and Policy
PNNL’s Space Science, Technology, and Policy activities draw on diverse technical expertise and research capabilities from across the Laboratory.
20th Anniversary of the Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence Program
PNNL Laboratory Director Steve Ashby attended an event marking the 20th anniversary of the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence program.
Corbey Selected as Guest Editor for Special Issue of Inorganic Chemistry
PNNL staff scientist selected as a guest editor for a special issue titled “Ligand-Metal Complementarity in Rare Earth and Actinide Chemistry,” in the well-known journal Inorganic Chemistry.
Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Annual Meeting 2024
PNNL will be hosting and present at the INMM Annual Meeting, featuring sessions on nuclear materials, policy, safeguards, and forensics.
Research Security Training Helps Secure Proliferation-Sensitive Knowledge
Over the past three years, PNNL’s Know Your Collaborator (KYC) workshop series has engaged hundreds of academic partners and institutional researchers internationally on the topic of research security.
How ‘Clean’ Does a Quantum Computing Test Facility Need to Be? PNNL Scientists Show the Way
How to keep stray radiation from “shorting” superconducting qubits; a pair of studies shows where ionizing radiation is lurking and how to banish it.
CSI: Chemical Weapons and Illicit Drugs
Pointing the finger at chemical criminals: Several scientists from PNNL and other institutions will discuss new methods and approaches at the American Chemical Society's national meeting in San Francisco April 2-6.
PNNL's Jesse Lang in it for the Long Run
PNNL research technician Jesse Lang's extracurricular passion for running has led him to run 38 super-long races, including 100-milers.
Plutonium Signatures Discovery Capability Launched at PNNL
A new capability at PNNL will be able to replicate how nations process plutonium. Researchers will process small amounts of plutonium which they will analyze, using nuclear forensics techniques, to discover signatures.
Counterproliferation Finance Implementation
PNNL supports U.S. government strategy and capability building efforts for international partners to understand and implement United Nations sanctions on preventing the financing, development, and spread of destructive weapons.