With backing from the US Department of Energy, five NE faculty will be pursuing innovative projects to improve nuclear power plant design and operation.

Nicholas Brown, Giovanni Pastore, Jamie Coble, and Brian Wirth were awarded grants totaling $3.2 million from the Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Program.

NE sophomore Anthony Tom recently presented on fusion research at the 18th Annual TLSAMP Conference.

UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair Brian Wirth spoke to Forbes about the importance for the government to build a pilot fusion plant in the US.

UT nuclear engineering researchers helped influence a new federal push toward making a working fusion power plant a reality by the late 2030s.

UT-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair for Computational Nuclear Engineering Brian Wirth just received a new grant to fund his […]

UT-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair for Computational Nuclear Engineering Brian Wirth just completed a one-year assignment as a member […]

The Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) of the US Department of Energy funds millions of dollars in research being conducted […]

A recent publication by UT-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair Brian Wirth, UT post-doctoral researcher Dwaipayan Dasgupta, and Professor Dimitrios […]

That small filament inside a light bulb may look fragile, but it’s made of one of the toughest substances on […]