Established in 1991, the LLNL branch of the Glenn T. Seaborg Institute conducts collaborative research between LLNL and the academic community in radiochemistry and nuclear forensics. The Seaborg Institute serves as a national center for the education and training of undergraduate and graduate students, postdocs and faculty in transactinium science. In this presentation, we will summarize the various radiochemistry education programs, research areas, and state-of-the-art facilities that make LLNL a thriving institution of radiochemistry research and education. Our education programs include an 8-week Nuclear Forensics Summer Internship Program in which graduate and undergraduate students work directly with researchers on projects ranging from nuclear physics to environmental radiochemistry. Throughout the year, the Seaborg Institute invites graduate students and faculty to conduct research with staff scientists through a variety of sponsored programs. This includes DOE and NNSA-sponsored university consortia. For example, the Seaborg Institute is a partner in the DOE Traineeship in Nuclear and Radiochemistry led by Washington State University and the Colorado School of Mines. Additional competitive fellowship and internship opportunities are available for students and postdocs throughout the LLNL campus. This includes the National Nuclear Security Administration Graduate Fellowship Program, the Office of Science Graduate Student Research program, and many others. These programs are intended to prepare graduate students for science, technology, engineering, or mathematics careers critically important to the DOE mission by providing graduate thesis research opportunities at DOE laboratories.

Radiochemistry education opportunities at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

256th National Meeting (2018)

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