When COVID-19 hit in early 2020, a team of engineers came up with creative ways to complete a set of assembly tools for ITER's massive 15.5-meter-tall magnet.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and BWX Technologies (BWXT) recently developed a new way to manufacture and qualify parts and materials for high-temperature reactor applications.
Twenty-seven ORNL researchers Zoomed into 11 middle schools across Tennessee during the annual Engineers Week in February.
From the helm of a one-of-a-kind organization that brings nuclear fusion and fission expertise together to pave the way to expanding carbon-free energy, Kathy McCarthy can trace the first step of her engineering career back to
Thirty-two Oak Ridge National Laboratory employees were named among teams recognized by former DOE Secretary Dan Brouillette with Secretary’s Honor Awards as he completed his term.
Five members of the Fusion and Fission Energy and Science Directorate’s (FFESD) Spent Fuel Nondestructive Assay Project Team were recognized with Secretary’s Honor Awards. The recognitions were granted by former U.S.
After enduring a battery of rigorous tests, the first of seven (six plus 1 spare) superconducting magnet modules that will make up the heart of the ITER international fusion reactor earned a clean bill of health.
As program manager for the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Package Testing Program, Oscar Martinez enjoys finding and fixing technical issues.
ORNL is getting its first look at nuclear fuel test rods that spent two years in a commercial reactor.