Nuclear Security Science and Technology

One mentor. Four futures.
Four summer interns at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have varied career goals, but they're finding the hands-on experiences they need under the same mentor and her group.
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Erik Kabela: Whether the weather is a national security concern
Erik Kabela can’t control the weather, but that doesn’t stop people from asking him to. As a meteorologist supporting Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s national security research, he is keenly aware of how weather impacts decisions and outcomes — from clothing choices to military maneuvers to the dispersal of dangerous substances released to the air.
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ORNL researchers receive NNSA Joule Award
On November 26, 2018, researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory received the Joule Award from Barbara Hoffheins of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of International Nuclear Safeguards. The ORNL team received the award jointly with the Pacific Northwest National Laborat...
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New instrument will offer closer look at the nuclear fuel cycle
The Ultra-Trace Forensic Science Center (UFSC) at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) recently completed the installation of one of DOE’s most powerful microprobes that will allow for high-resolution analysis
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