Filter News
Area of Research
- (-) Isotope Development and Production (2)
- Advanced Manufacturing (28)
- Biological Systems (16)
- Biology and Environment (72)
- Biology and Soft Matter (1)
- Building Technologies (10)
- Chemical and Engineering Materials (1)
- Chemistry and Physics at Interfaces (4)
- Clean Energy (319)
- Climate and Environmental Systems (6)
- Computational Biology (5)
- Computational Engineering (4)
- Computer Science (14)
- Electricity and Smart Grid (1)
- Energy Frontier Research Centers (7)
- Energy Sciences (4)
- Fossil Energy (3)
- Fuel Cycle Science and Technology (1)
- Functional Materials for Energy (6)
- Fusion and Fission (21)
- Fusion Energy (10)
- Geographic Information Science and Technology (2)
- Isotopes (13)
- Materials (279)
- Materials Characterization (2)
- Materials for Computing (23)
- Materials Synthesis from Atoms to Systems (5)
- Materials Under Extremes (5)
- Mathematics (1)
- National Security (32)
- Neutron Data Analysis and Visualization (2)
- Neutron Science (112)
- Nuclear Science and Technology (42)
- Nuclear Systems Modeling, Simulation and Validation (3)
- Nuclear Systems Technology (1)
- Quantum Condensed Matter (1)
- Quantum information Science (4)
- Reactor Technology (1)
- Renewable Energy (2)
- Sensors and Controls (3)
- Supercomputing (148)
- Transportation Systems (7)
Media Contacts
![An illustration shows how the composite is pressed into a seamless aluminum liner, which is then sealed with an aluminum powder cap. The research is sponsored by the DOE Isotope Program. Credit: Chris Orosco/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2023-06/RadiumTargetIllustration_0.png?h=cba57ff2&itok=Hhq-h9v8)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have developed a method to simplify one step of radioisotope production — and it’s faster and safer.
![By producing 50 grams of plutonium-238, Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have demonstrated the nation’s ability to provide a valuable energy source for deep space missions. By producing 50 grams of plutonium-238, Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have demonstrated the nation’s ability to provide a valuable energy source for deep space missions.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/front_page_slide_assets/2015-P07524.jpg?itok=MEy22Na3)
With the production of 50 grams of plutonium-238, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have restored a U.S. capability dormant for nearly 30 years and set the course to provide power for NASA and other missions.