Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2024 17:31:00 +0000
Construction of Hermes, Kairos Power’s 35-MWth iterative non-power demonstration molten salt nuclear reactor, has officially kicked off in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The effort marks another major step for the burgeoning advanced […]
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Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 03:59:26 +0000
A technology developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory works to keep food refrigerated with phase change materials, or PCMs, while reducing carbon emissions by 30%. More than 100 million household refrigerators in operation across the United States consume up to 2 kilowatts of electricity daily. These refrigerators contribute to energy … [continued]
The post Less Carbon, More Chill Novel Refrigeration Approach Uses PCMs To Freeze, Cool Perishables appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Read moreCredit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Thu, 09 May 2024 12:58:46 +0000
High-burnup fuel rods, manufactured by GE Vernova’s Nuclear Fuel business, Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF), have been delivered to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2024 18:00:30 +0000
A major U.S. utility is part of a fusion energy project that would be located at the site of one of the company’s retired coal-fired power plants. Type One Energy […]
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Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 03:41:09 +0000
Volkswagen says it has perfected a new dry battery process that will drive down costs while ORNL has a new isostatic pressure process.
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 18:05:02 +0000
ORNL researchers have developed a free online tool for homeowners, equipment manufacturers, and installers to calculate the savings and energy efficiency of ground source heat pump systems compared to traditional heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems. A tool developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers gives building owners and equipment manufacturers and installers an easy […]
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2022 15:00:53 +0000
Using existing experimental and computational resources, a multi-institutional team has developed an effective method for measuring high-dimensional qudits encoded in quantum frequency combs, which are a type of photon source, on a single optical chip. Although the word “qudit” might look like a typo, this lesser-known cousin of the qubit, or quantum bit, can carry […]
Credit to Author: Tim Tyler| Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2022 22:31:48 +0000
The United States has a great network of waterways that is used for municipal, agricultural, and industrial purposes. With millions of miles of pipelines and conduits, the opportunity to harness that wasted energy with conduit hydropower is tremendous. In a recent study at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, there was great […]
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2022 15:00:26 +0000
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers are deploying their broad expertise in climate data and modeling to create science-based mitigation strategies for cities stressed by climate change as part of two U.S. Department of Energy Urban Integrated Field Laboratory projects. The Urban IFLs are designed to bring together scientists from multiple research institutions to collect environmental […]
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 17:53:50 +0000
The Department of Energy (DOE) is poised to decide whether it will build the 300-MWth Versatile Test Reactor (VTR), a fast neutron national user facility that could provide the nuclear industry with a much-needed high-performance testing capability for advanced reactors and existing commercial reactors. The DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE) on May 13 released […]
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