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Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light-Water Reactors To Receive Up To $121.5M Over Five Years
News Article, February 24, 2015 • The Department of Energy approved the Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light-Water Reactors’ (CASL’s) “Phase 2” renewal to develop advanced computing capabilities that serve as a virtual version of existing, operating nuclear reactors—to enable nuclear energy to continue to provide dependable, afford­able energy to America while advancing innovative research in...

New advances in power distribution grid modeling focus of Sandia research
News Article, July 15, 2019 • To better understand the impact of increasing amounts of privately-owned renewable energy and energy storage on the electric grid, major advances in developing more accurate electricity distribution grid models have been created by researchers at Sandia, in conjunction with researchers at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in Palo Alto,...

Recent Sandia International Used Nuclear Fuel Management Collaborations
News Article, December 15, 2014 • Used fuel pools are typically 40 or more feet deep, with the bottom 14 ft equipped with storage racks designed to hold the used-fuel assemblies. The used fuel bundles’ temperature decrease significantly between 2 and 4 years, and less from 4 to 6 years. During mid November, Evaristo (Tito) Bonano...

Register for the EPRI-Sandia Symposium on Secure and Resilient Microgrids Aug, 29th-31st
News Article, July 6, 2016 • Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) invite your participation in the first annual Microgrid Systems Symposium.   This event will focus uniquely on several technical challenges in commercial and military microgrids; addressing their design, system analysis and grid integration.   The symposium aims to cover the state...

Sandia hosts first workshop devoted to photovoltaic connectors
News Article, July 16, 2024 • The Sandia-EPRI co-hosted Photovoltaic (PV) Connector Reliability Workshop will take place Wednesday, July 17, 2024, from 1-5 p.m. ET, in Charlotte, N.C. The event will occur in tandem with the larger EPRI 7th Annual Wind and Solar Operation and Management (O&M) Innovation Workshop held July 16-18, 2024. The specialized gathering...
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The First EPRI-Sandia Symposium on Secure and Resilient Microgrids Concludes
News Article, September 29, 2016 • On August 29-31, 2016, Sandia National Laboratories and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) held the first annual Microgrid Systems Symposium in Baltimore, MD that attracted about 100 attendees from other U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories, U.S. Department of Defense laboratories, utilities, industry, and government agencies. The event was...