In a new realm of materials, PhD student Thanh Nguyen uses neutrons to hunt for exotic properties that could power real-world applications. Thanh Nguyen is…
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A rendering of Oklo’s first nuclear power plant, dubbed the Aurora, that will be built at the Idaho National Laboratory. Credit: Courtesy of Oklo Oklo’s…
Photograph of GRETINA in ATLAS at Argonne. Credit: Argonne National Laboratory International team develops a new method to determine the origin of stardust in meteorites.…
Three MIT teams to explore novel ways to reduce operations and maintenance costs of advanced nuclear reactors. MIT teams in the GEMINA program will provide…
At the Department of Energy Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at ORNL, this part for a scaled-down prototype of a reactor was produced for industry partner Kairos…
Image showing spiraling magnetic field fluctuations at the edge of the NSTX tokamak. Credit: Physics of Plasmas. Composition by Elle Starkman/Office of Communications Blobs can…
This is AIMS researcher Mark Meekan swimming with a whale shark. Credit: Wayne Osborn The radioactive legacy of the arms race reveals true age of…
A look inside the ISOLDE Solenoid Spectrometer at CERN. Credit: Ben Kay, Argonne National Laboratory Weighing In on the Origin of Heavy Elements A long-held…
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Tennessee Valley Authority have signed a memorandum of understanding to evaluate a new generation of flexible, cost-effective advanced nuclear…
Researchers investigating a new method for generating nuclear fusion power showed that the relativistic effect of ultra-intense laser light improves upon current “fast ignition” methods…
Chemists have found a new use for the waste product of nuclear power — transforming an unused stockpile into a versatile compound which could be…
A small-scale device, seen here, was used in the lab to demonstrate the effectiveness of the new shockwave-based system for removing radioactive contaminants from the…