The Department of Energy is developing long range plans for basic and applied research to enable significant growth of nuclear energy supplies to benefit national and global energy and environmental security. Full development of a science-based approach for nuclear reactor and fuel cycle technology and systems is a “grand challenge” well suited to Berkeley Lab.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) has critical skills and capabilities in the physical sciences, engineering, and computational sciences that can make important contributions to the nuclear energy research effort, including actinide chemistry, environmental science, computational modeling, advanced radiation detection and instrumentation systems, and experimental methodology.

This website is intended to inform and assist in the broader understanding of LBNL nuclear energy related research capabilities and further scientists' participation and collaboration with national laboratory, university, and industry research efforts.