Collaborative Research: RAPID: Assessing Lithium-Battery Fire Impacts on Soil, Groundwater — NSF Award to University of California
The increased use of lithium-ion batteries has increased the risk of large-scale battery fires in storage facilities. Recently, a fire occurred at a lithium-ion battery storage facility in coastal California, damaging more than half of the facility's batteries. This fire may have released metals and fluorinated chemica
| Award title | Collaborative Research: RAPID: Assessing Lithium-Battery Fire Impacts on Soil, Groundwater |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2619071 |
| Awardee | University of California-Berkeley |
| City | BERKELEY |
| State | CA |
| Amount obligated | $139,203 |
| Principal investigator | Celine Pallud |
| Program | EnvE-Environmental Engineering |
| Start date | 05/01/2026 |
| Abstract | The increased use of lithium-ion batteries has increased the risk of large-scale battery fires in storage facilities. Recently, a fire occurred at a lithium-ion battery storage facility in coastal California, damaging more than half of the facility's batteries. This fire may have released metals and fluorinated chemicals into the environment. This project will conduct rapid-response field sampling of soil, sediment and shallow groundwater to assess the presence of contaminants. The project will |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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