Filter News
Area of Research
- (-) Fusion and Fission (7)
- Advanced Manufacturing (1)
- Biology and Environment (23)
- Clean Energy (29)
- Computer Science (1)
- Electricity and Smart Grid (1)
- Functional Materials for Energy (2)
- Isotopes (2)
- Materials (25)
- Materials for Computing (4)
- National Security (11)
- Neutron Science (5)
- Supercomputing (20)
News Topics
- (-) Computer Science (1)
- (-) Energy Storage (2)
- (-) Physics (1)
- (-) Sustainable Energy (3)
- Advanced Reactors (1)
- Decarbonization (1)
- Environment (1)
- Fossil Energy (1)
- Fusion (6)
- Grid (1)
- ITER (2)
- Materials Science (2)
- Nuclear Energy (8)
- Partnerships (1)
- Security (1)
- Space Exploration (1)
- Transportation (1)
Media Contacts
Three researchers at ORNL have been named ORNL Corporate Fellows in recognition of significant career accomplishments and continued leadership in their scientific fields.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists recently demonstrated a low-temperature, safe route to purifying molten chloride salts that minimizes their ability to corrode metals. This method could make the salts useful for storing energy generated from the sun’s heat.
Researchers in the geothermal energy industry are joining forces with fusion experts at ORNL to repurpose gyrotron technology, a tool used in fusion. Gyrotrons produce high-powered microwaves to heat up fusion plasmas.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory physicist Elizabeth “Libby” Johnson (1921-1996), one of the world’s first nuclear reactor operators, standardized the field of criticality safety with peers from ORNL and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
To achieve practical energy from fusion, extreme heat from the fusion system “blanket” component must be extracted safely and efficiently. ORNL fusion experts are exploring how tiny 3D-printed obstacles placed inside the narrow pipes of a custom-made cooling system could be a solution for removing heat from the blanket.
ORNL and the Tennessee Valley Authority, or TVA, are joining forces to advance decarbonization technologies from discovery through deployment through a new memorandum of understanding, or MOU.
More than 50 current employees and recent retirees from ORNL received Department of Energy Secretary’s Honor Awards from Secretary Jennifer Granholm in January as part of project teams spanning the national laboratory system. The annual awards recognized 21 teams and three individuals for service and contributions to DOE’s mission and to the benefit of the nation.