Filter News
Area of Research
News Type
News Topics
- (-) Bioenergy (1)
- (-) Fusion (2)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (7)
- Advanced Reactors (1)
- Biology (1)
- Buildings (7)
- Chemical Sciences (7)
- Clean Water (1)
- Climate Change (2)
- Composites (3)
- Cybersecurity (2)
- Decarbonization (6)
- Energy Storage (6)
- Environment (3)
- Fossil Energy (1)
- Grid (7)
- Irradiation (1)
- Isotopes (3)
- Materials (28)
- Materials Science (4)
- Microelectronics (1)
- Microscopy (2)
- Nanotechnology (2)
- National Security (1)
- Neutron Science (6)
- Nuclear Energy (3)
- Partnerships (4)
- Physics (6)
- Polymers (3)
- Quantum Computing (1)
- Security (1)
- Sustainable Energy (3)
- Transportation (4)
Media Contacts
![The sun sets behind the ORNL Visitor Center in this aerial photo from April 2023. Credit: Kase Clapp/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2023-10/sunset_visitor-center_0.png?h=10d202d3&itok=jLImPT0R)
In fiscal year 2023 — Oct. 1–Sept. 30, 2023 — Oak Ridge National Laboratory was awarded more than $8 million in technology maturation funding through the Department of Energy’s Technology Commercialization Fund, or TCF.
![HFIR](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2020-04/HFIR_0.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=8tMcVdaT)
Creating energy the way the sun and stars do — through nuclear fusion — is one of the grand challenges facing science and technology. What’s easy for the sun and its billions of relatives turns out to be particularly difficult on Earth.
![The Fuel Pellet Fueling Laboratory at ORNL is part of a suite of fusion energy R&D capabilities and provides test equipment and related diagnostics for carrying out experiments to develop pellet injectors for plasma fueling applications. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2023-06/2021-P02876_0.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=8fqWlX5k)
ORNL will team up with six of eight companies that are advancing designs and research and development for fusion power plants with the mission to achieve a pilot-scale demonstration of fusion within a decade.