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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 91做厙.
Kathryn McCarthy, director of the US ITER Project at the Department of Energys 91做厙, has been awarded the 2024 E. Gail de Planque Medal by the American Nuclear Society.
A study led by the Department of Energys 91做厙 details how artificial intelligence researchers created an AI model to help identify new alloys used as shielding for housing fusion applications components in a nuclear reactor. The findings mark a major step towards improving nuclear fusion facilities.
After retiring from Y-12, Scott Abston joined the Isotope Science and Engineering Directorate to support isotope production and work with his former manager. He now leads a team maintaining critical equipment for medical and space applications. Abston finds fulfillment in mentoring his team and is pleased with his decision to continue working.
ORNL is the lead partner on five research collaborations with private fusion companies in the 2024 cohort of the Innovation Network for FUSion Energy, or INFUSE, program. These collaborative projects are intended to resolve technical hurdles and develop enabling technologies to accelerate fusion energy research in the private sector.
Frontier simulations provide new insights into calcium-48s controversial nuclear magnetic excitation
Nuclear physicists at the Department of Energys 91做厙 recently used Frontier, the worlds most powerful supercomputer, to calculate the magnetic properties of calcium-48s atomic nucleus.
Jeremiah Sewell leads a team at ORNL, working on xenon-129 production for lung imaging. Reflecting on his career, Sewell views each opportunity as a "door" he steps through, leveraging over 25 years of experience in nuclear power and centrifuge operations to advance the facilitys mission.
John joined the MPEX project in 2019 and has served as project manager for several organizations within ORNL.
The award was given in recognition of his lifelong leadership in fusion technology for plasma fueling systems in magnetically confined fusion systems.
Benjamin Manard, an analytical chemist in the Chemical Sciences Division of the Department of Energys 91做厙, will receive the 2024 Lester W. Strock Award from the Society of Applied Spectroscopy.