Filter News
Area of Research
- (-) Fusion Energy (11)
- (-) Nuclear Systems Modeling, Simulation and Validation (1)
- Advanced Manufacturing (2)
- Biology and Environment (1)
- Clean Energy (11)
- Computer Science (1)
- Fusion and Fission (5)
- Materials (8)
- National Security (4)
- Neutron Science (2)
- Nuclear Science and Technology (18)
- Quantum information Science (2)
- Supercomputing (5)
News Type
Media Contacts
Using additive manufacturing, scientists experimenting with tungsten at Oak Ridge National Laboratory hope to unlock new potential of the high-performance heat-transferring material used to protect components from the plasma inside a fusion reactor. Fusion requires hydrogen isotopes to reach millions of degrees.
Scientists have tested a novel heat-shielding graphite foam, originally created at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, at Germany’s Wendelstein 7-X stellarator with promising results for use in plasma-facing components of fusion reactors.