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The Global and Regional Solutions Directorate


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The Global and Regional Solutions Directorate, which works in synergy with the Basic Energy Sciences and Environment and Life Sciences Directorates, includes the following office and departments.

Nuclear Science and Technology Department

Conducts research and development related to nuclear technologies (reactors and accelerator-driven systems), reliability and risk assessment, and advanced modeling techniques for reactor simulation and energy systems.

Sustainable Energy Technologies Department

Finds alternatives to fossil fuels and improves energy efficiency to meet our exponentially growing energy needs over the next century and beyond.  

Nonproliferation and National Security Department

Carries out research and development, provides technical support, and builds prototype systems to further U.S. government initiatives and policies in nuclear materials safeguards and security, arms control treaty verification, nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction, Material Protection Control and Accountability initiatives for nuclear materials in Russia and the NIS, and related national security areas.  

Office of Technology Commercialization and Partnerships

Fosters commercial development of inventions and discoveries made at BNL through licensing patented technologies and by facilitating continued research and development of basic scientific findings.

Directorate News

BNLers recognized for relief work

BNLers Recognized for Relief Work Following Japanese Tragedies

Christopher Cacace and Stephen Musolino of the Lab’s Nonproliferation and National Security Department recently received accolades from Associate Administrator for Emergency Operations Joseph J. Krol for their assistance and relief work following the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.

small-scale PET scanner

Researchers Move Inventions Closer to Market with Technology Maturation Program

The BNL Technology Maturation Program is an important part of the strategy to accomplish the Lab’s technology transfer mission by supporting promising scientific discoveries.

Radoslav Adzic

Brookhaven Lab’s Adzic Named ‘Inventor of the Year’

The New York Intellectual Property Law Association has honored senior chemist Radoslav Adzic for his extensive nanocatalyst research.

solar farm

Brookhaven Showcases Available Technologies at ARPA-E 2012 Summit

Brookhaven was among nearly 200 organizations participating in the Energy Innovation Showcase during the third annual Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy’s (ARPA-E) summit meeting.