We need to build grid-scale energy storage that is reliable and robust. This is especially important for addressing power ...

A recent testing campaign led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has shown that a prototype high temperature fission chamber — a sensor that detects neutrons — can keep its ...

ORNL is committed to supporting U.S. energy needs by pursuing strategic research that advances a wide variety of affordable, abundant and competitive nuclear technologies, and strengthens national ...

The research team used two distributed sensors and leveraged two quantum resources for increasing detection sensitivity: squeezing, characterized by reduced quantum noise below the classical optical ...

Newly elected National Academy of Engineering member Scott Smith is pictured at the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at ORNL in front of the DMG MORI Ultrasonic 60 eVo advanced machining system.

To meet the growing demand for faster scientific discovery that strengthens the bioeconomy, plant scientists worked with manufacturing systems engineers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge ...

The team participating in the ORNL-led Automatic Polarization Compensation demonstration includes, back row from left, Qubitekk Co-Founder and CTO Duncan Earl, Qubitekk Senior Quantum Network Engineer ...

ORNL plays a pivotal role in America’s drive toward a flexible and secure energy future. Our researchers deliver breakthroughs in energy science and technology, including generation, distribution, ...

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ORNL and Kairos Power have entered into a $27 million strategic partnership to accelerate the technology needed to deploy a new generation of advanced nuclear reactors and support U.S. nuclear energy ...

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