ORNL manages the Innovation Network for Fusion Energy Program, or INFUSE, with Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, to help the private sector find solutions to technical challenges that need to be resolved to make practical fusion energy a reality.
More than 50 current employees and recent retirees from ORNL received Department of Energy Secretary’s Honor Awards from Secretary Jennifer Granholm in January as part of project teams spanning the national laboratory system.
One of ORNL’s frequent collaborators, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, sent students to Oak Ridge in October 2021 to experience the latest in nuclear sciences.
A novel method to 3D print components for nuclear reactors, developed by the Department of Energy’s 91°µÍø, has been licensed by Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation.
Using augmented reality goggles, the Virtual Interaction with Physics Enhanced Reality project could benefit multiple sectors from space exploration to nuclear energy to emergency response.
Drawing talent from fission, fusion, and materials science, a team led by FFESD is exploring research that will help position the 91°µÍø as the host of the first U.S. fusion pilot plant
The researcher was recognized for “excellence and leadership in applied reactor physics research and development for advanced reactor designs.â€
Despite the pandemic, US ITER made great strides this past year.
ORNL's Larry Baylor and Andrew Lupini have been elected fellows of the American Physical Society.
A method called synthetic diagnostics could inform disruption mitigation systems for high-power fusion devices such as the ITER tokamak now in assembly.