A new look for nuclear power
A nuclear power plant that will float eight or more miles out to sea promises to be safer, cheaper, and easier to deploy than today’s land-based plants.
Students advancing a future with carbon-free fusion
PhD candidates Adam Kuang and Alex Creely are thriving after their first year at MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center.
Thin coating on condensers could make power plants more efficient
Graphene layer one atom thick could quadruple rate of condensation heat transfer in generating plants.
Coding for cooling
Nuclear science and engineering graduate student Benjamin Magolan helps model improved coolant flow inside the core of a nuclear reactor.
James Hansen: We should look at all energy options
Former NASA scientist says we need to develop all carbon-free energy sources to avoid disaster.
Anne White accepts the fusion challenge
Engineering professor undertakes innovative research in reactor design while working toward the realization of nuclear fusion.
Modeling nuclear energy
Senior Sterling Harper tackles nuclear energy risk with virtual simulation tools.
“There’s no more important issue than energy”
Speakers at 10th annual MIT Energy Conference see progress, but great need for more research.
Keeping hydrogen from cracking metals
MIT postdoctoral associate Mostafa Youssef and graduate student Aravind Krishnamoorthy tackle different aspects of the problem at atomic scale.
NSE’s Forsberg awarded Seaborg Medal by American Nuclear Society
Charles Forsberg awarded Seaborg Medal by American Nuclear Society
The history man
Nuclear security expert Francis Gavin brings a historical approach to the study of international politics.