"Bold ideas." Government lab makes key breakthrough that could revolutionize future nuclear power plants: 'Doesn't have to ...
Setting a new milestone in nuclear research, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have successfully fired up 3D-printed stainless steel capsules inside one of the ...
ORNL researchers used a laser powder-bed system at the lab’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility to 3D print 316H stainless steel capsules for use in irradiation experiments. The capsule provides a ...
MIT researchers have developed a technique that allows scientists to watch, in real time, how materials corrode and crack inside a nuclear reactor environment. The method, powered by high-intensity ...
The Hermes 2 Demonstration Plant will house a 50 megawatt luoride salt–cooled, high-temperature reactor plus a turbine for ...