Study: Adding power choices reduces cost and risk of carbon-free electricity
To curb greenhouse gas emissions, nations, states, and cities should aim for a mix of fuel-saving, flexible, and highly reliable sources.
MIT fusion collaboration receives renewed funding
Department of Energy funds Plasma Science and Fusion Center to advance fusion studies on the world’s largest stellarator.
MIT Energy Initiative study reports on the future of nuclear energy
Findings suggest new policy models and cost-cutting technologies could help nuclear play vital role in climate solutions.
Pushing the plasma density limit
Plasma Science and Fusion Center researchers discover a path to overcoming the plasma density limit in their quest for steady-state fusion.
Alan Hanson, who led the International Nuclear Leadership Education Program, dies at 71
Alumnus directed a unique program for nuclear leaders from countries new to nuclear power.
Stephen Wukitch, John Wright win Landau-Spitzer Award
MIT and European Union scientists collaborate on new plasma heating scenario to boost fusion research.
Encouraging the next generation of fusion innovators
The Samuel W. Ing Memorial Fund will support MIT graduate students as they create a more advanced and less costly path to fusion energy solutions.
Making nuclear energy safer and more affordable
Galvanized by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disasters, PhD student Xingang Zhao envisions a future with safe, efficient nuclear power.
Etienne Demarly: Mastering fluid flow and bubble boil
Through meticulous computations, nuclear science and engineering student Etienne Demarly simulates conditions inside a nuclear reactor.
New system recovers fresh water from power plants
Technology captures water evaporating from cooling towers; prototype to be installed on MIT’s Central Utility Plant.
Tom Fredian: Streamlining fusion data
MIT systems analyst receives award for his essential fusion data storage and retrieval system.
Turning up the heat
Fine-tuning thermal hydraulics in reactors, doctoral student Guanyu Su hopes to advance more powerful nuclear energy technology.
Keeping the balance: How flexible nuclear operation can help add more wind and solar to the grid
Model finds operating nuclear plants flexibly can reduce electricity costs, increase revenue for nuclear plants, and cut carbon emissions in electric power systems.
Deriving a theory of defects
Mingda Li seeks to harness atomic irregularities in materials for improved energy applications.
From coolants to a carbon-constrained world
An early calling for clean energy propels undergraduate Ka-Yen Yau’s research on the next generation of nuclear technology.