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 recognize
As part of a long-running collaboration with Europe, ORNL is supporting landmark experiments aiming for a fusion milestone.
The prototype of the Material Plasma Exposure eXperiment (Proto-MPEX) officially wrapped up its research operations in late April, after almost seven years of service and nearly 30,000 plasma pulses.
The Department of Energy’s Office of Science has selected five Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists for Early Career Research Program awards.
The Secretary of Energy has granted the 2021 Exceptional Service Award to James “Jim” Radle, who led the Mobile Uranium Facility team for nearly two decades. The team twice deployed to Iraq to remove dangerous
As Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Material Plasma Exposure eXperiment (MPEX) prepares for the start of fabrication, ORNL’s Phil Ferguson credits US ITER staff for sharing hard-earned expertise to help jump-start the design of the MPEX superconducting m
L&N STEM Academy senior Tyler Duckworth has been named recipient of the 2021 UT-Battelle Scholarship to attend the University of Tennessee.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory expertise in fission and fusion has come together to form a new collaboration, the Fusion Energy Reactor Models Integrator, or FERMI
Chris Beatty sees ORNL’s research and development of the next generation of a carbon-free energy supply as inspiring as the space exploration he supported in previous positions.
Toward the goal of bringing the next generation of nuclear power reactor technology online this decade, ORNL and Analysis and Measurement Services Corporation have successfully completed loop testing of instrument and control sensors for an advance