TCE faculty members are leading 3 projects funded through the DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy to help the nation stay on the competitive edge of nuclear research.

UT is part of a consortium that was awarded a $25M grant by the U.S. DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration for R&D in nuclear science, engineering, and security.

UT and UCOR have strengthened their partnership to collaborate on projects, enhance educational curriculum, and develop a pipeline of highly skilled workers for nuclear and environmental cleanup work through an MOU renewal.

UT, ORNL, and Type One Energy are establishing a world-class facility to advance fusion energy, evaluating how materials react under extreme conditions. 

TVA has invested $3 million in the University of Tennessee to advance academic excellence, workforce development and faculty recruitment.

UT is the recipient of a $251,650 nuclear energy infrastructure award from U.S. Department of Energy that will be used to establish an in-situ scanning electron microscopy platform for irradiated materials.

UT is partnering with Roane State Communicty College and TCAT to provide students with nuclear technology training to create a skilled workforce.

Khalid Hattar is part of two Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy awards of more than $2M that focus on plasma-facing surface relationships for fusion energy systems.

Associate Professor and the Pietro F. Pasqua Faculty Fellow Ilja Popovs has been elected a foreign member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences.

Partnering with Stony Brook University, Nick Brown found using reactor waste as microreactor fuel reduces long-term waste storage while reducing energy costs.