Filter News
Area of Research
- (-) Neutron Science (5)
- (-) Nuclear Science and Technology (16)
- Advanced Manufacturing (2)
- Clean Energy (10)
- Climate and Environmental Systems (1)
- Computer Science (1)
- Fuel Cycle Science and Technology (1)
- Fusion Energy (5)
- Isotope Development and Production (1)
- Materials (21)
- National Security (2)
- Quantum information Science (3)
- Supercomputing (13)
News Topics
- (-) Energy Storage (3)
- (-) Isotopes (2)
- (-) Nuclear Energy (16)
- (-) Quantum Science (1)
- (-) Space Exploration (3)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (1)
- Advanced Reactors (4)
- Bioenergy (2)
- Biomedical (4)
- Clean Water (1)
- Composites (1)
- Computer Science (3)
- Environment (4)
- Fusion (2)
- Machine Learning (1)
- Materials Science (4)
- Microscopy (1)
- Molten Salt (3)
- Nanotechnology (1)
- Neutron Science (22)
- Physics (3)
- Transportation (1)
Media Contacts
As scientists study approaches to best sustain a fusion reactor, a team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory investigated injecting shattered argon pellets into a super-hot plasma, when needed, to protect the reactor’s interior wall from high-energy runaway electrons.
If humankind reaches Mars this century, an Oak Ridge National Laboratory-developed experiment testing advanced materials for spacecraft may play a key role.
Jason Nattress, an Alvin M. Weinberg Fellow at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, found his calling on a nuclear submarine.
Two of the researchers who share the Nobel Prize in Chemistry announced Wednesday—John B. Goodenough of the University of Texas at Austin and M. Stanley Whittingham of Binghamton University in New York—have research ties to ORNL.
Ask Tyler Gerczak to find a negative in working at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and his only complaint is the summer weather. It is not as forgiving as the summers in Pulaski, Wisconsin, his hometown.
Researchers have developed high-fidelity modeling capabilities for predicting radiation interactions outside of the reactor core—a tool that could help keep nuclear reactors running longer.
Scientists have demonstrated a new bio-inspired material for an eco-friendly and cost-effective approach to recovering uranium from seawater.
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Washington State University teamed up to investigate the complex dynamics of low-water liquids that challenge nuclear waste processing at federal cleanup sites.
Ionic conduction involves the movement of ions from one location to another inside a material. The ions travel through point defects, which are irregularities in the otherwise consistent arrangement of atoms known as the crystal lattice. This sometimes sluggish process can limit the performance and efficiency of fuel cells, batteries, and other energy storage technologies.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists are evaluating paths for licensing remotely operated microreactors, which could provide clean energy sources to hard-to-reach communities, such as isolated areas in Alaska.