DOE Releases Final Environmental Impact Statement for Versatile Test Reactor
DOE today released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the construction of the Versatile Test Reactor (VTR). The proposed VTR will be a…
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SkyNano, Knoxville Startup Named Finalist for Elon Musk’s $100M Tech Prize
Knoxville startup SkyNano has been named a finalist for Tesla founder Elon Musk’s $100 million XPRIZE Carbon Removal prize. SkyNano will find out Fr…
ORNL Brings Big Science to Address the Climate Challenge
Tackling the climate crisis and achieving an equitable clean energy future are among the biggest challenges of our time. Oak Ridge National Laboratory…
BWXT advancing microreactor design project
US-based BWX Technologies is proceeding apace to deliver microreactors to commercial power and industrial customers in cooperation with Idaho Nation…
ORNL & KCDC: High-Tech Energy Retrofits Coming to Western Heights Neighborhood Renovation project
The U.S. Department of Energy, saying we're in an "all-out sprint to beat the climate crisis," will spend $5 million in Knoxville on a project it hope…
ORNL Turns Pollution into Fuel, Plastics, and High-End Clothes
What if you could capture pollution off a smokestack and turn it into a polyester dress, jet fuel or high-end running shoes? That's something that Oak…
ORNL Awards $100M in Contracts to Local Small and Minority-Owned Businesses
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, is pleased to announce the award of four basic ordering agreements to local small…
ORNL Develops Clean Water Bots
Measuring water quality throughout river networks with precision, speed and at lower cost than traditional methods is now possible with AquaBOT, an aq…
ORNL Collaborates to Demonstrate Self-Sanitizing N95 Masks
ORNL researchers collaborated with Iowa State University and RJ Lee Group to demonstrate a safe and effective antiviral coating for N95 masks. The coa…
CBI early career program develops next generation of bioenergy leaders
The Center for Bioenergy Innovation at Oak Ridge National Laboratory offers a unique opportunity for early career scientists to conduct groundbreaking…