Filter News
Area of Research
News Topics
- (-) Nuclear Energy (3)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (6)
- Advanced Reactors (1)
- Biomedical (1)
- Clean Water (1)
- Composites (1)
- Energy Storage (2)
- Environment (1)
- Fusion (2)
- Isotopes (1)
- Materials Science (12)
- Microscopy (3)
- Molten Salt (1)
- Nanotechnology (4)
- Neutron Science (3)
- Physics (2)
- Polymers (2)
- Space Exploration (1)
- Sustainable Energy (2)
- Transportation (3)
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.
A shield assembly that protects an instrument measuring ion and electron fluxes for a NASA mission to touch the Sun was tested in extreme experimental environments at Oak Ridge National Laboratory—and passed with flying colors. Components aboard Parker Solar Probe, which will endure th...