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Testing coatings to conserve canisters against corrosion
News Article, April 19, 2023 • As anyone who has lived near the ocean can attest, metal and sea mist are a recipe for corrosion. A nuisance of coastal life, the consequences of these common chemical reactions become far more serious when it is taking aim at the stainless-steel canisters that contain spent nuclear fuel. To...
Sandia National Laboratories researchers Rebecca Schaller, left, and Erin Karasz discuss the results of a stainless-steel corrosion test.

Women@Energy features Sandia’s Elena Kalinina
News Article, December 15, 2020 • This month, the Department of Energy's STEM Rising initiative features a Q&A with Sandia National Laboratories' Spent Nuclear Fuel Scientist and Engineer Elena Kalinina. In her role as an expert in Spent Nuclear Fuel transportation and storage, Elena leads an experimental program, whose goal is to collect data that could...

Women@Energy features Sandia’s Sylvia Saltzstein
News Article, May 28, 2020 • This month, the Department of Energy's STEM Rising initiative features a Q&A with Sandia National Laboratories' Sylvia Saltzstein, currently the manager of Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage, Transportation, and Security Research and Development. In her role as an expert on nuclear energy transportation safety research, Sylvia has shared her expertise with...