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1-Apr-2004
Recovering fuel from waste
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
The nation's permanent nuclear waste repository could be used more efficiently than currently planned, according to ORNL's Emory Collins. He and his colleagues believe it makes sense for the repository to take mainly nuclear fission products, or 5% of the wastes, and turn away the bulk of the waste--spent nuclear fuel. The usable uranium and plutonium in this material could be extracted, chemically treated, and recycled as mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel for nuclear reactors.
1-Apr-2004
Brown earns prestigious geography award
DOE/Oak Ridge National LaboratoryGrant and Award Announcement
Marilyn Brown, director of the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy program at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has earned the 2004 James R. Anderson Medal of Applied Geography.
1-Apr-2004
Shooting for the moons
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Exploring planets beyond Mars will require a power source different from those now deployed in American spacecraft. Radioisotope thermal generators and solar energy cannot meet the challenges posed by proposed missions to the cold, dark regions of our solar system. ORNL engineers are convinced nuclear fission power will.
1-Apr-2004
Can the next generation take the heat?
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory has long been a world leader in materials research, and now with the resurgence of interest in nuclear energy, ORNL has a leading role in developing and selecting materials for the next generation of nuclear power plants.
1-Apr-2004
Staying In the comfort zone
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Randy Nanstad examines the setup for a fracture toughness test of a stainless steel cladding specimen from the Davis-Besse reactor pressure vessel head.
12-Mar-2004
SensorNet proposed as system to protect millions nationwide
DOE/Oak Ridge National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
Tennessee could become a model for the nation when it comes to protecting the public from chemical, biological or radiological releases. Already, sensors that are part of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's SensorNet are deployed in Nashville, Knoxville and Oak Ridge, and in other parts of the nation.
8-Mar-2004
ORNL, NCAR are official partners in climate studies
DOE/Oak Ridge National LaboratoryBusiness Announcement
More accurate global climate models are in the forecast because of a collaboration between the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
5-Mar-2004
Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, March 2004
DOE/Oak Ridge National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
Story ideas from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory include safer highways, a nose for chemicals, new neutron detectors and bringing industries together.
1-Mar-2004
ORNL earns four Federal Laboratory Consortium awards
DOE/Oak Ridge National LaboratoryGrant and Award Announcement
Four of the 24 awards to be presented in May for outstanding work in the process of transferring a technology to the commercial marketplace will go to the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.