Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers at ORNL have successfully designed, 3D printed, and tested a crucial component for their High Flux Isotope Reactor ...

Rosatom's OKBM Afrikantov has 3D printed the RITM-200 reactor pump impeller using SLM stainless steel, reducing production cycle by 20%.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Setting a new milestone in nuclear research, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have ...

ORNL researchers used a laser powder-bed system at the lab’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility to 3D print 316H stainless steel capsules for use in irradiation experiments. The capsule provides a ...

3D printers built complex concrete parts faster, yet long-term durability remains largely untested Oak Ridge finished reactor shielding in days, raising speed-versus-safety debates across the industry ...

At its nuclear fission technology demonstration facility, one of Kairos Power’s goals is to accelerate nuclear plant construction. In a first project with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Kairos ...

3D printing is tipped to have a pivotal part to play in “a new era of nuclear construction.” The assertion comes after the U.S.'s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) successfully integrated 3D ...

Anticipating a boom in nuclear energy, the US Department of Energy’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is using 3D-printing to speed up the building of power ...

Researchers are exploring the use of 3D printing to create tungsten components for extreme conditions in nuclear reactors. Iowa State’s Sougata Roy is leading a project to explore new ways to process ...

Why it matters: Two concurrent developments – faster, more agile nuclear construction enabled by 3D printing, and the race to deploy a functional nuclear reactor on the Moon – signal a profound ...