Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive material split, emitting neutrons.

New reactors use novel materials and compact designs to make nuclear power safer and cheaper. Nuclear power has been a ...

Steve Zinkle will speak on “Materials for Nuclear Power Applications” at noon Tuesday, Jan. 13, to Friends of ORNL. His talk ...

Fireplaces are cozy until it’s time to shovel out the ashes. Nuclear power has the same problem: abundant, reliable energy ...

Standard Nuclear has received the HALEU needed to produce the first full TRISO fuel core for Radiant’s Kaleidos microreactor.

A revolution is underway in the nuclear energy sector. For the first time in decades, the field is brimming with urgency, ambition, and capital. Buoyed by growing energy demands, geopolitical ...

Recently, another reactor in France reported a major tungsten breakthrough: its toroidal tokamak, clad in tungsten, ...

Small modular reactor startups are betting that mass manufacturing will help them bring costs down. But are they ...

Fourth-generation nuclear reactors offer significant advantages in higher safety and efficiency, but place stringent demands on fuel and structural materials due to the extreme temperature, ...

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 ...

Standard Nuclear has received its first HALEU feedstock as part of a US DOE initiative to establish a domestic fuel supply ...

Standard Nuclear, Inc has received its first shipment of high-assay low-enriched uranium feedstock at its facility in Oak ...