The electromagnet, or solenoid, in question had been out of commission for a decade and abandoned in place in the facility.

The machines at their center, called tokamaks, have evolved from experimental curiosities into instruments capable of ...

ORNL has partnered with Type One Energy and UT to establish a high-heat flux facility in Tennessee to test materials for ...

The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise ...

This discovery is huge. Researchers achieve major breakthrough in the quest for limitless energy: 'Their work has advanced ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have partnered with Type One Energy ...

The United States is preparing to subject fusion reactor materials to a brutal new benchmark: a focused 10 megawatt heat ...

This configuration allows for the analysis of data in real-time as experiments occur. A primary experimental connection for the platform is the National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade (NSTX-U) at ...

Portugal has completed its first hypersonic test at the ESTHER facility, reaching Mach 25 and opening new doors for European ...

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Type One Energy and the University of Tennessee in Knoxville are partnering to establish a world-class facility that will drive American innovation and move ...

Researchers working on China’s ‘artificial sun’ have reported breaking a long-accepted threshold that has limited the operation of nuclear fusion reactors for decades. China’s Experimental Advanced ...

China's EAST nuclear fusion reactor has successfully kept plasma stable at extreme densities, passing a major fusion milestone and potentially bringing humanity closer to wielding near-limitless clean ...