Filter News
Area of Research
- (-) Nuclear Science and Technology (13)
- Advanced Manufacturing (1)
- Biological Systems (1)
- Biology and Environment (35)
- Biology and Soft Matter (1)
- Clean Energy (40)
- Computational Biology (2)
- Computational Engineering (1)
- Computer Science (3)
- Fusion and Fission (7)
- Fusion Energy (7)
- Isotopes (5)
- Materials (26)
- Materials for Computing (6)
- National Security (6)
- Neutron Science (19)
- Nuclear Systems Modeling, Simulation and Validation (1)
- Quantum information Science (8)
- Supercomputing (44)
- Transportation Systems (1)
News Type
News Topics
- (-) Advanced Reactors (10)
- (-) Biomedical (2)
- (-) Decarbonization (1)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (4)
- Bioenergy (1)
- Computer Science (2)
- Coronavirus (1)
- Fusion (8)
- Isotopes (5)
- Materials Science (3)
- Molten Salt (4)
- Neutron Science (4)
- Nuclear Energy (33)
- Physics (2)
- Space Exploration (5)
- Sustainable Energy (1)
- Transformational Challenge Reactor (3)
Media Contacts
![Nuclear—Tiny testing fuels](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2019-05/MiniFuel_2019-P03618_0.jpg?h=49ab6177&itok=VVYMAZ3E)
For the first time, Oak Ridge National Laboratory has completed testing of nuclear fuels using MiniFuel, an irradiation vehicle that allows for rapid experimentation.
![The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors uses its Virtual Environment for Reactor Applications (VERA) software for the modeling and simulation of various nuclear reactors, such as the Westinghouse AP1000 pressurized water reactor. The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors uses its Virtual Environment for Reactor Applications (VERA) software for the modeling and simulation of various nuclear reactors, such as the Westinghouse AP1000 pressurized water reactor.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/AP1000_highres_pin_powers.png?itok=5jd5vcFM)
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is collaborating with industry on six new projects focused on advancing commercial nuclear energy technologies that offer potential improvements to current nuclear reactors and move new reactor designs closer to deployment.
![Radiochemical technicians David Denton and Karen Murphy use hot cell manipulators at Oak Ridge National Laboratory during the production of actinium-227. Radiochemical technicians David Denton and Karen Murphy use hot cell manipulators at Oak Ridge National Laboratory during the production of actinium-227.](/sites/default/files/styles/list_page_thumbnail/public/2016-P07827%5B1%5D.jpg?itok=yJbnFQLU)
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is now producing actinium-227 (Ac-227) to meet projected demand for a highly effective cancer drug through a 10-year contract between the U.S. DOE Isotope Program and Bayer.