Filter News
Area of Research
News Type
News Topics
- (-) Advanced Reactors (4)
- (-) Biology (3)
- (-) Clean Water (2)
- (-) Composites (1)
- (-) Fusion (18)
- (-) Space Exploration (2)
- (-) Summit (2)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (6)
- Artificial Intelligence (5)
- Big Data (1)
- Bioenergy (3)
- Biomedical (5)
- Buildings (1)
- Chemical Sciences (4)
- Climate Change (1)
- Computer Science (10)
- Coronavirus (3)
- Cybersecurity (1)
- Decarbonization (2)
- Energy Storage (5)
- Environment (6)
- Exascale Computing (1)
- Fossil Energy (1)
- Frontier (1)
- Grid (1)
- High-Performance Computing (3)
- ITER (3)
- Machine Learning (3)
- Materials (6)
- Materials Science (13)
- Mathematics (1)
- Microscopy (2)
- Nanotechnology (5)
- National Security (2)
- Net Zero (1)
- Neutron Science (41)
- Nuclear Energy (22)
- Partnerships (1)
- Physics (3)
- Polymers (1)
- Quantum Computing (1)
- Quantum Science (2)
- Security (3)
- Simulation (2)
- Sustainable Energy (3)
- Transportation (2)
Media Contacts
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 researchers used the nation’s fastest supercomputer to map the molecular vibrations of an important but little-studied uranium compound produced during the nuclear fuel cycle for results that could lead to a cleaner, safer world.
ORNL manages the Innovation Network for Fusion Energy Program, or INFUSE, with Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, to help the private sector find solutions to technical challenges that need to be resolved to make practical fusion energy a reality.
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.
Three ORNL scientists have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS, the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals.
ORNL's Larry Baylor and Andrew Lupini have been elected fellows of the American Physical Society.
Diego Del-Castillo-Negrete, a distinguished staff member in the Fusion Energy Division, was cited for Outstanding Technical Achievement – National Laboratory. He will be recognized during the GMiS annual conference, which will be held virtually Oct. 11-22. The HENAAC awards program is in its 33rd year.
Four first-of-a-kind 3D-printed fuel assembly brackets, produced at the Department of Energy’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, have been installed and are now under routine operating
Joseph Pickel has been elected a 2021 fellow of the American Chemical Society, or ACS. Pickel supports the Fusion and Fission Energy and Sciences Directorate as environment, safety and health
Kathy McCarthy, associate laboratory director for Fusion and Fission Energy and Science at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected fellow of the American Nuclear Society for her nationally and internationally recognized leadership in nuclear energy and fusion.