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Oak Ridge, Tennessee · Oak RidgeHigh burnup fuel rods manufactured by GE Vernova's Global Nuclear Fuel are being examined at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory after spending six years in a commercial nuclear power reactor.See the Story
Post-irradiation testing of high-burnup fuel under way at ORNL : Uranium & Fuel - World Nuclear News
Oak Ridge, Tennessee · Oak RidgeComputational scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have published a study in the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation that questions a long-accepted factor in simulating the molecular dynamics of water: the 2-femtosecond (one quadrillionth of a second) time step. The femtosecond is a timescale used by scientists to measure the ultrafast processes of atoms and molecules.See the Story
Study reveals flaw in long-accepted approximation used in water simulations
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Oak Ridge, Tennessee · Oak RidgeThe Low Intensity Test Reactor, known as Building 3005, was built in 1949 as a criticality testing facility that used highly enriched fuel with water as a coolant, and operated until 1968 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the USA.See the Story
Clean-up completed of pioneering ORNL site reactor : Waste & Recycling - World Nuclear News
Oak Ridge, Tennessee · Oak RidgeFour Harlan County students have been chosen to participate in the 2024 Rogers Scholars program, Dylan Cox, Tyson Cornett, Shania Middleton, and Sayed Damaa will be taking part in the program this summer. According to a press release from the Center for Rural Development, Cox, Cornett, and Damaa are sophomores at Harlan Independent High School, while Middleton is a Harlan County High School sophomore. The four along with 100 high school students…See the Story
2024 Rogers Scholars chosen - Harlan Enterprise
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Research · Oak RidgeResearch led by scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has demonstrated that small changes in the isotopic content of thin semiconductor materials can influence their optical and electronic properties, possibly opening the way to new and advanced designs with the semiconductors.See the Story
Tweaking isotopes sheds light on promising approach to engineer semiconductors
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Environment · Oak RidgeScientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed lubricant additives that protect both water turbine equipment and the surrounding environment.See the Story
New eco-friendly lubricant additives protect turbine equipment, waterways
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Oak Ridge, Tennessee · Oak RidgeScientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a method that demonstrates how fiber-reinforced polymer composite materiSee the Story
Unconventional technology enhances composites important to automotive, aerospace and renewable energy industries
Oak Ridge, Tennessee · Oak RidgeA USD148.5 million federal tax credit has been awarded to X-energy for the construction of the first-of-a-kind fuel facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The TX-1 fuel fabrication plant will be constructed by the company's TRISO-X subsidiary and is designed to produce up to 714,000 TRISO fuel pebbles per year.See the Story
