Researchers in the geothermal energy industry are joining forces with fusion experts at ORNL to repurpose gyrotron technology, a tool used in fusion. Gyrotrons produce high-powered microwaves to heat up fusion plasmas.
Steven Arndt, distinguished R&D staff member in the Nuclear Energy and Fuel Cycle Division at ORNL, began a one-year term on June 16 as the 68th President of the American Nuclear Society.
The Department of Energy’s Office of Science has selected three Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists for Early Career Research Program awards.
Practical fusion energy is not just a dream at ORNL. Experts in fusion and material science are working together to develop solutions that will make a fusion pilot plant — and ultimately carbon-free, abundant fusion electricity — possible.
Friederike (Rike) Bostelmann, who began her career in Germany, chose to come to ORNL to become part of the Lab’s efforts to shape the future of nuclear energy.
To achieve practical energy from fusion, extreme heat from the fusion system “blanket” component must be extracted safely and efficiently.
Friederike (Rike) Bostelmann, who began her career in Germany, chose to come to Oak Ridge National Laboratory to become part of the Lab’s efforts to shape the future of nuclear energy. As a nuclear data and reactor physics analyst, she focuses her
ORNL’s engineers and scientists in nuclear energy support the nation's space exploration program by applying their expertise to advance technology for space exploration missions.
Inspired by recent developments in the video game industry, ORNL nuclear engineers have combined augmented reality and radiation transport simulations with the aim of revolutionizing radiological training.
On February 9, Joint European Torus researchers from the EUROfusion consortium documented the generation of 59 megajoules of sustained fusion energy, more than doubling the previous 1997 record.