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15-Sep-2020

Fast fabrication: ORNL develops, produces metal hydride for moderator in 3D-printed reactor

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Researchers thought yttrium hydride would be an ideal moderator for the new Transformational Challenge Reactor, but no one had yet figured out how to produce the large, crack-free pieces needed. An ORNL scientist developed a process and invented a machine to do that -- in only 10 months.

14-Sep-2020

First fiber-optic nanotip electron gun enables easier nanoscale research

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Nebraska have developed an easier way to generate electrons for nanoscale imaging and sensing, providing a useful new tool for material science, bioimaging and fundamental quantum research.

4-Sep-2020

Neutrons probe biological materials for insights into COVID-19 virus infection

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Researchers at ORNL are using neutron scattering at the Spallation Neutron Source to better understand how spike proteins help the COVID-19 virus infect human cells and what drugs could be effective in stopping them.

26-Aug-2020

Scientists building 3D-printed nuclear reactor core use HFIR to test novel materials

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The Transformational Challenge Reactor will use novel materials. Researchers are testing their performance in a reactor core by irradiating them in the High Flux Isotope Reactor.

13-Aug-2020

CASL wraps up 10 years of solving nuclear problems -- and hands toolbox to industry

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

As the Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors -- DOE's first Energy Innovation Hub -- ends and transitions to VERA Users Group, its work will have a long-ranging impact on the nuclear industry.

6-Aug-2020

Poison control: Chasing the antidote

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A fast-acting antidote to mitigate the effects of organophosphate poisoning requires a reactivator that can effectively and efficiently cross the blood-brain barrier, bind loosely to the enzyme, chemically snatch the poison and then leave quickly. Oak Ridge National Laboratory is using neutron diffraction data towards improving a novel reactivator design.

4-Aug-2020

Magnum Venus products licenses ORNL co-developed additive manufacturing technologies

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has licensed two additive manufacturing-related technologies that aim to streamline and ramp up production processes to Knoxville-based Magnum Venus Products, Inc., a global manufacturer of fluid movement and product solutions for industrial applications in composites and adhesives.