Filter News
Area of Research
- (-) Clean Energy (5)
- (-) Nuclear Science and Technology (6)
- Advanced Manufacturing (1)
- Biology and Environment (6)
- Computer Science (1)
- Fusion and Fission (1)
- Fusion Energy (7)
- Materials (10)
- Materials for Computing (2)
- Neutron Science (7)
- Nuclear Systems Modeling, Simulation and Validation (1)
- Quantum information Science (3)
- Supercomputing (14)
News Topics
- (-) Advanced Reactors (5)
- (-) Biomedical (2)
- (-) Chemical Sciences (2)
- (-) Molten Salt (2)
- (-) Quantum Science (1)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (17)
- Artificial Intelligence (3)
- Bioenergy (10)
- Biology (1)
- Biotechnology (1)
- Clean Water (3)
- Climate Change (5)
- Composites (3)
- Computer Science (11)
- Coronavirus (2)
- Cybersecurity (1)
- Decarbonization (1)
- Energy Storage (12)
- Environment (16)
- Exascale Computing (1)
- Fusion (2)
- Grid (4)
- High-Performance Computing (1)
- Isotopes (3)
- Machine Learning (5)
- Materials (2)
- Materials Science (10)
- Microscopy (3)
- Nanotechnology (5)
- Neutron Science (6)
- Nuclear Energy (13)
- Physics (1)
- Polymers (4)
- Security (1)
- Space Exploration (3)
- Summit (1)
- Sustainable Energy (23)
- Transformational Challenge Reactor (2)
- Transportation (14)
Media Contacts
Six scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory were named Battelle Distinguished Inventors, in recognition of obtaining 14 or more patents during their careers at the lab.
Seven ORNL scientists have been named among the 2020 Highly Cited Researchers list, according to Clarivate, a data analytics firm that specializes in scientific and academic research.
Four research teams from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and their technologies have received 2020 R&D 100 Awards.
A developing method to gauge the occurrence of a nuclear reactor anomaly has the potential to save millions of dollars.
Five researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been named ORNL Corporate Fellows in recognition of significant career accomplishments and continued leadership in their scientific fields.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have discovered a better way to separate actinium-227, a rare isotope essential for an FDA-approved cancer treatment.
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are refining their design of a 3D-printed nuclear reactor core, scaling up the additive manufacturing process necessary to build it, and developing methods
In the 1960s, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's four-year Molten Salt Reactor Experiment tested the viability of liquid fuel reactors for commercial power generation. Results from that historic experiment recently became the basis for the first-ever molten salt reactor benchmark.
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.
For the first time, Oak Ridge National Laboratory has completed testing of nuclear fuels using MiniFuel, an irradiation vehicle that allows for rapid experimentation.