In collaboration with the University of Tennessee and GE Vernova Hitachi, researchers at ORNL recently published innovative research on a new risk-informed digital twin designed to enhance operational decision-making for the GE Vernova Hitachi BWRX
Researchers at ORNL are breathing new life into the scientific understanding of neptunium, a unique, radioactive, metallic element — and a key precursor for production of the plutonium-238 that fuels exploratory spacecraft.
In a first for TRISO fuel research, a cross-cutting effort among scientists at ORNL has successfully yielded first-of-a-kind neutron scattering measurements on TRISO fuel particles containing high-assay, low-enriched uranium.
ORNL is partnering with Kyoto Fusioneering on a new public-private partnership that leverages each institution’s expertise in fusion technology to develop world-leading fusion test facilities and technology and accelerate the deployment of commercial fu
ORNL, Type One Energy and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, are partnering to establish a world-class facility that will drive American innovation and move fusion energy closer to reality.
A team of ORNL researchers has received the Editor’s Choice Award from the American Ceramics Society for a study on the effectiveness of using advanced ceramics and 3D printing to build high-temperature heat exchangers.
MPEX is a new ORNL facility designed to recreate the extreme conditions at the edge of fusion reactors so researchers can test how plasma-facing materials survive.
The American Nuclear Society has named the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher Askin Guler Yigitoglu to its 40 Under 40 list for 2025.