About Us

Our mission is to perform basic science, analyses, and technology development that provide innovative solutions to some of the world's most important energy challenges.

• Divisions
• Background
• Research Focus
• Initiatives

Divisions

Energy Sciences & Technology Department consists of four divisions reflecting a breadth and depth of energy science, analyses and technology development talent that focuses on meeting mission oriented needs of the Department of Energy, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and a broad range of other sponsors.

Reflecting recent changes in business context and world order, the present organizational structure facilitates operations and responsiveness to our customers, integrates and aligns our capabilities with our Directorate as well as with the whole of and the Laboratory.

• Nuclear Science & Technology
• Nuclear Energy & Infrastructure Systems
• Energy Resources Division
• National Nuclear Data Center

Background

The Energy Sciences and Technology Department (ES&T) was formed in 2000 to offer the Department of Energy (DOE) a cohesive resource for achieving its energy mission. ES&T aggregates the Lab’s capabilities needed to conduct significant energy science and technology programs, and is BNL’s focal point for applied energy research, development, demonstration, and deployment (RDD&D) activities.

ES&T has extensive expertise in -- As a multi-faceted and talent-rich organization, we are especially interested in sharing our knowledge and expertise through partnership, collaborations and technology transfer opportunities, and expand our role in key areas of applied energy RDD&D, regionally, nationally and globally.

ES&T addresses critical research needs of a broad range of sponsors and customers. ES&T has supported DOE’s Offices of Science, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Fossil Energy (FE) and Nuclear Energy (NE) as well as conducted substantive work for other agencies, including the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and a broad range of other state and national level public and private sector sponsors. As a multi-faceted and talent-rich organization, we are especially interested in sharing our knowledge and expertise through partnership, collaborations and technology transfer opportunities, and expand our role in key areas of applied energy RDD&D, regionally, nationally and globally.

Research Focus

ES&T conducts basic science, analyses and technology development in a broad energy and technology arena, including renewable, fossil and nuclear science and technology. Major focus areas for our research are noted below, and the capabilities inherent in these focus areas have broad applications to other industries and are:

• Enhancing energy and infrastructure security
• Working on advanced and novel nuclear fuel concepts
• Alternative and renewable energy technology development
• Energy and economic analyses - MARKAL
• Nuclear data
• Advanced risk and engineering analysis and modeling

Initiatives

• Water Energy Nexus
• Knowledge Management
• Nuclear Renaissance

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