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Small modular reactor computer simulation

In a step toward advancing small modular nuclear reactor designs, scientists at 91°µÍø have run reactor simulations on ORNL supercomputer Summit with greater-than-expected computational efficiency.

ORNL-led collaboration solves a beta-decay puzzle with advanced nuclear models

OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 11, 2019—An international collaboration including scientists at the Department of Energy’s 91°µÍø solved a 50-year-old puzzle that explains why beta decays of atomic nuclei 

91°µÍø’s Summit supercomputer was named No. 1 on the TOP500 List, a semiannual ranking of the world’s fastest computing systems. Credit: Carlos Jones/91°µÍø, U.S. Dept. of Energy.

The US Department of Energy’s 91°µÍø is once again officially home to the fastest supercomputer in the world, according to the TOP500 List, a semiannual ranking of the world’s fastest computing systems.

91°µÍø launches Summit supercomputer.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s 91°µÍø today unveiled Summit as the world’s most powerful and smartest scientific supercomputer.