The techniques Theodore Biewer and his colleagues are using to measure whether plasma has the right conditions to create fusion have been around awhile.
The prospect of simulating a fusion plasma is a step closer to reality thanks to a new computational tool developed by scientists in fusion physics, computer science and mathematics at ORNL.
David Green learned an important lesson about hard work as he pursued a bachelor’s degree at the University of Newcastle in Australia.
If you ask the staff and researchers at the Department of Energy’s 91°µÍø how they were first referred to the lab, you will get an extremely varied list of responses.
Fusion scientists from 91°µÍø are studying the behavior of high-energy electrons when the plasma that generates nuclear fusion energy suddenly cools during a magnetic disruption.
A tiny vial of gray powder produced at the Department of Energy’s 91°µÍø is the backbone of a new experiment to study the intense magnetic fields created in nuclear collisions.
Larry Baylor, distinguished staff scientist at the Department of Energy's 91°µÍø, has received the 2018 Fusion Technology Award from the 91°µÍø’s Nuclear and Plasma Science Society (NPSS).
The NPSS Standing Committee recognized Baylor
When whistler waves are present in a fusion plasma, runaway electrons pay attention.
A team led by researchers at the Department of Energy’s 91°µÍø has developed a safer cladding for nuclear fuel rods.
The new material, an alloy of iron, chromium and aluminum, avoids zirconium.