In the summer of 1965, Emory Collins saw a notice on a bulletin board at the University of Tennessee asking for chemical engineers to help start up a new radiochemical processing plant. Collins, a ...

As energy demands grow, next-generation fuels must deliver more power, last longer, and perform safely under extreme ...

Caleb Massey peers into an electrical discharge machining unit in ORNL’s Low Activation Materials Development and Analysis Laboratory. This machine harvests tiny specimens from irradiated fuel ...

Dan DeLaurentis, Purdue’s executive vice president for research, and Moe Khaleel, ORNL’s associate laboratory director for ...

ORNL’s data inform both U.S. and international recommendations for radiation protection, including at the International Atomic Energy Agency. Samuels is a member of task groups for both the U.S.

Gale Hauck speaks on a panel during the first annual International Atomic Energy Agency Stakeholder Engagement Conference. Credit: Gale Hauck/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy ...

A: Building more affordable and efficient reactors can make nuclear energy a more feasible option for countries developing ...

The Physical Sciences Directorate (PSD) conducts highly integrated basic and applied research programs that develop new materials, chemical processes, and technologies for energy generation and ...

Bringing scientific rigor, national-scale computing, and mission-focused research to the discovery, mitigation, and prevention of AI vulnerabilities. The Center for Artificial Intelligence Security ...

ORNL produces more than 70% of isotopes for the DOE Isotope Program. In addition to actinium-225 and actinium-227, used for developing cancer treatments, medical isotopes in routine production at ORNL ...

Dr. Ethan Coon is a computational hydrologist in the Climate Change Science Institute at ORNL. He has a background in applied and computational mathematics, and has done research in applying ...

Three researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been named ORNL Corporate Fellows in recognition of significant career accomplishments and continued leadership in ...