ORNL Review
A look back at the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment
ORNL’s Molten Salt Reactor Experiment operated more than 13,000 hours during its four-year run in the mid- to late 1960s.
ORNL research informs landmark decision on heat-trapping refrigerants
A global agreement to phase down the use of potent greenhouse gas refrigerants and replace them with climate-friendly alternatives leaned on multiple ORNL studies.
Wigner lecture series
Roald Hoffmann on the study of matter under high pressure
Extreme pressure can lead to chemical compounds not found on Earth under normal conditions. Nobel Prize winner Roald Hoffmann discusses how they can give us valuable information.
ORNL refrigerator cools with magnetism, not Freon
ORNL researchers are turning a physical oddity into cleaner, cheaper appliances.
Building better geothermal models
The ingredients that make geothermal energy suitable for electricity production are simple: heat, permeability (usually fractured rock) and water. Until recently the trick has been finding all in the same place and in the right amounts.
The consequences of driverless driving
Imagine a future in which your car no longer needs someone behind the wheel.