Science and Innovation
National Security - Nuclear Materials Recovery

• Deployable Capability for Characterization, Stabilization, and Packaging of any Radiological and Fissile Material
• Spent Nuclear Fuel Recovery / Repatriation of Highly Enriched Uranium Spent Nuclear Fuel
• Consultation on Fissile Materials Management
• U.S. Origin and Russian Origin Foreign Research Reactor Spent Fuel return program
• Lead for Global Plutonium Recovery Initiatives

International Partnerships

Canada
Canadian Highly Enriched Uranium Repatriation

• Highly Enriched Uranium Liquid and Processing

Canadian D&D Technology Support

• EM/AECL Agreement on Technical Support Cooperation
• SRNL initial meetings to discuss D&D Technologies

Japan
Fukushima Recovery Technologies

• SRNL US Embassy Science Fellow Deployed to Japan
• Environmental Stewardship directorate Teaming with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on Technology Development

Gas Cooled Reactor Pebble Bed Fuel Disposition R&D

• SRNL investigating Methods for Processing
• Potential to Scale up for H-Canyon Processing
  (no commitment at this time)

Global Threat Reduction Initiative – Gap Plutonium

Sweden, Italy, Belgium, Germany and Japan

• First Global Threat Reduction Initiative Pu receipt in 2012 (3kg)
• SRNL Developed Packaging and Glovebox Designs
• Numerous successful transfers of Plutonium to the US
• SRNL Developing new International Drum License