U.S., international partners come together to form NCoRE

摘要

Partners from the United States and abroad have teamed to form the National Center for Radioecology (NCoRE), a network of experts in environmental radiation risk reduction and remediation. The program is led by the Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), in South Carolina. "The growth in new nuclear energy capacity is going to require the ability to realistically assess the health and environmental impacts of nuclear facilities," said SRNL's Wendy Kuhne, one of the lead researchers for NCoRE. "With that knowledge, we can locate, design, and operate the facilities in a way that meets our energy needs without increasing the risk to the population or the environment."