Feature Articles

New exascale simulations, some of the most robust ever, could improve reactor design, driving down costs to build.

The degradation of a nuclear fuel’s thermal conductivity is a challenge for efficient nuclear energy operations, but the Center for Thermal Energy Transport under Irradiation (TETI) is helping researchers are learning that this degradation can be mitigated by designing the chemistry and structure of the fuel.

PNNL is collaborating with Microsoft, Micron and other partners to make computational chemistry broadly available.

An Urban Integrated Field Laboratory led by Argonne is focusing on creating a diverse next generation workforce and involving students in tackling future urban climate challenges.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory is leading two nuclear physics research projects within the Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing, or SciDAC, program from the Department of Energy Office of Science. One of the projects is called Nuclear Computational Low-Energy Initiative, or NUCLEI. The other is Exascale Nuclear Astrophysics for FRIB, or ENAF. FRIB refers to the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, a DOE-supported research, teaching and training center located at Michigan State University.

A new discovery by PNNL researchers has illuminated a previously unknown key mechanism that could inform the development of new, more effective catalysts for abating NOx emissions from combustion-engines burning diesel or low carbon fuel.