The new Center for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing will spark discoveries that lead to new industries in clean energy, computing, and national security.

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

UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair for Nuclear Materials Steven Zinkle is the recipient of The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) Leadership Award.

Doctoral student Yan-Ru Lin received the American Nuclear Society Mark Mills Award, which honors the best original technical publication by a graduate student.

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

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

UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair for Nuclear Materials Professor Steve Zinkle, along with G. Robert Odette, Distinguished Professor Emeritus from the University of […]

The 2nd Joint Community Planning Workshop for Magnetic Fusion Energy and Fusion Materials & Technology, held at UT in November, […]

Caleb Massey, a recent doctoral graduate, works at ORNL researching Oxide Dispersion Strengthened steel, which could make advanced reactors a reality.

Steven Zinkle and doctoral students are researching nuclear energy reactors, hoping to create the possibility for a human mission to Mars.