The ORNL study confirms that these imperfections do not disturb the atomic vibrations within the graphite, which are ...

A remarkable study led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory answers a decades-old question in nuclear science: Do tiny pores in ...

ORNL researchers confirmed that graphite's porosity does not impair its role as a moderator in nuclear reactors, ensuring its ...

Almost from the moment that the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, physicists and businessmen have been promising that peaceful and cheap nuclear electricity was just around the corner. The corner has been ...

The IAEA is launching a new Coordinated Research Project (CRP) to address research and development (R&D) topics related to the decommissioning of sodium cooled fast reactors. The CRP, entitled “R&D to ...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois teamed up with the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) to develop a prototype sodium-cooled nuclear fast ...

Environmental management team members are priming three support facilities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for demolition in the near future. UCOR, the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management ...

A Washington-based company has announced contract winners for the first Natrium plant reactor enclosure system (RES). Awarded ...

Cavendish Nuclear and Amentum will convert sodium from Japan’s Monju reactor into industrial-grade sodium hydroxide in a new ...

On Tuesday, TerraPower, the US-based nuclear power company backed by Bill Gates, announced it has chosen a site for what would be its first reactor. Kemmerer, Wyoming, population roughly 2,500, has ...

Bill Gates-backed nuclear energy firm Terrapower announced that it has received approval from the Wyoming Industrial Siting Council (ISC) on its permit for the first Natrium plant, Kemmerer Power ...