Filter News
Area of Research
- Advanced Manufacturing (2)
- Biological Systems (1)
- Biology and Environment (17)
- Computational Biology (2)
- Computational Engineering (1)
- Energy Science (13)
- Fuel Cycle Science and Technology (1)
- Fusion and Fission (27)
- Fusion Energy (10)
- Isotope Development and Production (1)
- Isotopes (9)
- Materials (23)
- Materials for Computing (2)
- National Security (7)
- Neutron Science (17)
- Nuclear Science and Technology (38)
- Nuclear Systems Modeling, Simulation and Validation (1)
- Supercomputing (21)
News Topics
- (-) Biomedical (73)
- (-) Nuclear Energy (121)
- 3-D Printing/Advanced Manufacturing (144)
- Advanced Reactors (40)
- Artificial Intelligence (125)
- Big Data (77)
- Bioenergy (110)
- Biology (126)
- Biotechnology (37)
- Buildings (73)
- Chemical Sciences (84)
- Clean Water (32)
- Composites (34)
- Computer Science (223)
- Coronavirus (48)
- Critical Materials (29)
- Cybersecurity (35)
- Education (5)
- Element Discovery (1)
- Emergency (4)
- Energy Storage (114)
- Environment (217)
- Exascale Computing (64)
- Fossil Energy (8)
- Frontier (62)
- Fusion (65)
- Grid (74)
- High-Performance Computing (128)
- Hydropower (12)
- Irradiation (3)
- Isotopes (62)
- ITER (9)
- Machine Learning (67)
- Materials (156)
- Materials Science (156)
- Mathematics (12)
- Mercury (12)
- Microelectronics (4)
- Microscopy (56)
- Molten Salt (10)
- Nanotechnology (62)
- National Security (86)
- Neutron Science (169)
- Partnerships (66)
- Physics (68)
- Polymers (35)
- Quantum Computing (52)
- Quantum Science (88)
- Security (30)
- Simulation (64)
- Software (1)
- Space Exploration (26)
- Statistics (4)
- Summit (70)
- Transportation (102)
Media Contacts

In a finding that helps elucidate how molten salts in advanced nuclear reactors might behave, scientists have shown how electrons interacting with the ions of the molten salt can form three states with different properties. Understanding these states can help predict the impact of radiation on the performance of salt-fueled reactors.

ORNL, a bastion of nuclear physics research for the past 80 years, is poised to strengthen its programs and service to the United States over the next decade if national recommendations of the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee, or NSAC, are enacted.

In June, ORNL hit a milestone not seen in more than three decades: producing a production-quality amount of plutonium-238

The Exascale Small Modular Reactor effort, or ExaSMR, is a software stack developed over seven years under the Department of Energy’s Exascale Computing Project to produce the highest-resolution simulations of nuclear reactor systems to date. Now, ExaSMR has been nominated for a 2023 Gordon Bell Prize by the Association for Computing Machinery and is one of six finalists for the annual award, which honors outstanding achievements in high-performance computing from a variety of scientific domains.

Cadet Elyse Wages, a rising junior at the United States Air Force Academy, visited ORNL with one goal in mind: collect air.

Rose Montgomery, a distinguished researcher and leader of the Used Fuel and Nuclear Material Disposition group at ORNL, has been selected to participate in the U.S. WIN Nuclear Executives of Tomorrow, or NEXT, class of 2023 to 2024.

Leigh R. Martin, a senior scientist and leader of the Fuel Cycle Chemical Technology group at ORNL, has been named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society for 2023.

Roane State Community College today announced the launch of a Nuclear Technology Program with a $100,000 contribution from UT-Battelle, LLC, which manages and operates ORNL for the Department of Energy.

JungHyun Bae is a nuclear scientist studying applications of particles that have some beneficial properties: They are everywhere, they are unlimited, they are safe.

Scientist-inventors from ORNL will present seven new technologies during the Technology Innovation Showcase on Friday, July 14, from 8 a.m.–4 p.m. at the Joint Institute for Computational Sciences on ORNL’s campus.