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Smarter, safer bridges with Sandia sensors

July 3, 2018 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Along with flying cars and instantaneous teleportation, smart bridges, roads and subway lines that can send out warnings when they’re damaged are staples of futuristic transportation systems in science fiction. Sandia National Laboratories has worked with Structural Monitoring Systems PLC, a U.K.-based manufacturer of structural health monitoring...
Man positions small, clear sensor on an old rusty bridge. Blue sky in background. In his other hand is a complex control system.

Road, rail, boat: Sandia transport triathlon puts spent nuclear fuel to the test

March 13, 2018 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Spent nuclear fuel needs to be safely transported from the power plants where it is generated to interim storage locations and eventually to a permanent geologic disposal site. Late last year, Sandia National Laboratories researchers completed an eight-month, 14,500-mile triathlon-like test to gather data on the bumps...
Infographic showing the path of the nuclear waste triathlon and the total mileage of each leg.