Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR), one of the world’s most powerful research reactors, is marking a milestone this month — its 400th fuel cycle since it began operation ...

As night descends on the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) bursts with activity. A rigorous 24-day fuel cycle concludes and neutron production ...

OAK RIDGE — The High Flux Isotope Reactor, or HFIR, now in its 48th year of providing neutrons for research and isotope production at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been ...

For more than 60 years, the High Flux Isotope Reactor has produced neutron beams for the benefit of society, creating real-world impacts that span energy security, quantum computing, healthcare, ...

The High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory will be 60 years old later this month, and plans are being made to extend its life to the end of the century, making the reactor ...

Carolyn Krause presents the second part of the three-part series on the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's role in the discovery of elements in the periodic table. Many of them have been synthesized ...

Setting a new milestone in nuclear research, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have successfully fired up 3D-printed stainless steel capsules inside one of the ...

Nobel laureate and biochemist David Baker came to Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 2019 to use the IMAGINE instrument at the High Flux Isotope Reactor to see hydrogen atoms in a structure of a protein ...

Scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland are using neutrons at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to capture new information about DNA ...

The PIK research reactor and all its elements have been upgraded, Rosatom has announced. The new "mega science facility" is one of only four high-flux research reactors in the world. Inside the PIK ...

As night descends on the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) bursts with activity. A rigorous 24-day fuel cycle concludes and neutron production ...