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10 staff members are gathering inside the AI expo with a large green and white arch behind them

The Department of Energy鈥檚 Oak Ridge National Laboratory had a major presence at the second annual AI+ Expo for National Competitiveness in Washington, D.C. The event, hosted by the Special Competitive Studies Project, showcased prominent players in technology, academia and government as they navigate the rapid growth of artificial intelligence.

MOU signing of ORNL Director and Atomic Canyon with the background of "Nuclear is here" in green and blue

The Department of Energy鈥檚 Oak Ridge National Laboratory and artificial intelligence company Atomic Canyon signed a memorandum of understanding to streamline the licensing process for nuclear power plants with artificial intelligence for license application reviews.

Energy Secretary stands on the podium with blue screens on in the background that say "AI X Nuclear Energy Executive Summit Unleashing the power for AI"

DOE鈥檚 Argonne, Idaho, and Oak Ridge National Laboratories co-hosted the AI x Nuclear Energy Executive Summit: Unleashing the Power for AI. It brought together leaders from national labs, tech companies and the nuclear energy industry to discuss how to meet AI鈥檚 energy needs and accelerate nuclear energy via AI.

Graphic created for the "Innovations Crossroads Cohort 2025" which is stated on the screen. 6 outlines of profiles are displayed at the bottom of the image in a line.

Six entrepreneurs comprise the next cohort of Innovation Crossroads, a DOE Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program node based at ORNL. The program provides energy-related startup founders from across the nation with access to ORNL鈥檚 unique scientific resources and capabilities, as well as connect them with experts, mentors and networks to accelerate their efforts to take their world-changing ideas to the marketplace.

Dark brown powder that is a rare earth element that has been refined into powder

United Rare Earths has licensed two innovative technologies from Oak Ridge National Laboratory aimed at reducing dependence on critical rare earth elements.

Stock image of pixels that represent AI in blue lines

A former intern for ORNL was selected to represent Tennessee presenting his research at the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. Langalibalele 鈥淟anga鈥 Lunga, a senior at Farragut High School in Knoxville, Tennessee, interned with ORNL working on deep learning for fast scanning microscopy, a technique for capturing microscopic images more rapidly than traditional methods.

Illustration of melting point of lithium chloride, which is shown with green and blue structures in two rows.

Scientists have developed a new machine learning approach that accurately predicted critical and difficult-to-compute properties of molten salts, materials with diverse nuclear energy applications. 

Five scientists and one in a boat are conducting fish sampling for the biological monitoring program on the DOE Oak Ridge Reservation.

ORNL鈥檚 Biological Monitoring and Abatement Program, or BMAP, is marking 40 years of helping steward the DOE鈥檚 33,476 acres of land on which some of the nation鈥檚 most powerful science and technology missions are carried out. 

A color-enhanced 3D laser scan of a large concrete slab in a housing development, showing surface variations in shades of blue, green, yellow, and purple. Surrounding structures and terrain are rendered in black and white. The image was captured using the FLAT tool鈥檚 360-degree scanning technology.

Researchers at ORNL have developed a tool that gives builders a quick way to measure, correct and certify level foundations. FLAT, or the Flat and Level Analysis Tool, examines a 360-degree laser scan of a construction site using ORNL-developed segmentation algorithms and machine learning to locate uneven areas on a concrete slab. 

Oak Ridge High School student is working on an 3D printing machine donated by UT-Battelle

UT-Battelle has contributed up to $475,000 for the purchase and installation of advanced manufacturing equipment to support a program at Tennessee鈥檚 Oak Ridge High School that gives students direct experience with the AI- and robotics-assisted workplace of the future.