Troy Carter, director of the Fusion Energy Division at 91°µĶų, leads efforts to make fusion energy a reality, overseeing key projects like MPEX and fostering public-private collaborations in fusion research.
Five scientists from the Department of Energyās 91°µĶų ā Ho Nyung Lee, David Graham, Andrew Sutton, Roger Rousseau and Troy Carter ā have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS.
Three researchers at ORNL have been named ORNL Corporate Fellows in recognition of significant career accomplishments and continued leadership in their scientific fields.
ORNL researchers apply fission skillsets in thermal fluid analysis to the Material Plasma Exposure eXperiment to advance fusion energy research.
Researchers in the geothermal energy industry are joining forces with fusion experts at ORNL to repurpose gyrotron technology, a tool used in fusion. Gyrotrons produce high-powered microwaves to heat up fusion plasmas.
The Department of Energyās Office of Science has selected three 91°µĶų scientists for Early Career Research Program awards.
Practical fusion energy is not just a dream at ORNL. Experts in fusion and material science are working together to develop solutions that will make a fusion pilot plant ā and ultimately carbon-free, abundant fusion electricity ā possible.
To achieve practical energy from fusion, extreme heat from the fusion system āblanketā component must be extracted safely and efficiently.
On February 9, Joint European Torus researchers from the EUROfusion consortium documented the generation of 59 megajoules of sustained fusion energy, more than doubling the previous 1997 record.
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.