As much as 15.2 terawatt-hours of electricity could be generated annually at non-powered dams — enough to supply more than ...

A broken rib from Scotty, the largest Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton discovered, is helping scientists uncover new information ...

The Department of Energy has awarded an $88.8 million contract to Hensel Phelps for the construction of a facility to enrich stable isotopes at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Construction of the ...

The Physical Sciences Directorate (PSD) delivers scientific discoveries and technical breakthroughs that will help realize solutions in energy and national security and provide economic benefit to the ...

Benjamin T. Manard is a Senior R&D staff member and Group Leader of the Chemical and Isotopic Mass Spectrometry Group. He earned a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry at Clemson University (2014), during ...

Dr. Xiaobing Liu is a Distinguished R&D Staff member in the Energy Science and Technology Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). He currently leads the Thermal Energy Storage Group and ...

Upcoming Training Courses Training is provided by developers and expert users from the ORNL team. Courses provide a review of theory, description of capabilities and limitations of the software, and ...

The Irradiated Material Examination and Testing (IMET) Facility was designed and built in 1950 as a hot cell facility. It is a block-and-brick structure with a two-story high bay and houses six ...

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and fusion energy consultancy Rutherford Energy Ventures LP (REV) have officially begun development of a new public-private partnership ...

The Department of Energy (DOE) has officially committed funding to establish UNITY-3, a world-class fusion breeding blanket test facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), with Kyoto ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 30, 2016 — The recently discovered element 117 has been officially named "tennessine" in recognition of Tennessee’s contributions to its discovery, including the efforts of the ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science’s Isotope R&D and Production (IRP) program has re-established and revolutionized its domestic stable isotope enrichment capabilities. Led by ...