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MIT’s work with Idaho National Laboratory advances America’s nuclear industry
The collaboration has led to new fuels and a variety of other projects to enable clean, safe nuclear energy.
Australia’s nuclear blind spot
A critical review, co-authored by NSE's Jacopo Buongiorno, of the GenCost 2024-25 report, published annually by CSIRO in partnership with the Australian Energy Market Operator.
Adding nuclear to the mix with Jacopo Buongiorno
Jacopo Buongiorno, a nuclear scientist at MIT, argues that you can’t get to a robust clean energy portfolio without nuclear and we have learned a lot more about making nuclear power safer. He provides a run-down of the benefits and risks associated with nuclear and the role it plays in achieving a clean energy mix.
3 Questions: Can a nuclear energy challenge stall decarbonization goals?
Intro The path to meeting U.S. decarbonization goals involves ramping up the production of clean energy. Nuclear is key to these ambitions. The nuclear energy landscape is itself undergoing rapid change, dictated by updated regulations, shifting geopolitical dynamics, and newer promising reactor...
Jacopo Buongiorno elected to NAE
NSE’s Jacopo Buongiorno along with 15 from MIT, elected to National Academy of Engineering in 2024 are honored for significant contributions to engineering research, practice, and education
Diving into nuclear submarines
In 2021, the United States, United Kingdom and Australia formed a partnership, dubbed AUKUS, which will allow the Australian Navy to purchase several nuclear-powered submarines in an effort to modernize their fleet. Building a nuclear submarine program from scratch is anything but...
A new view on nuclear energy
If the words “nuclear power” make you think of Three Mile Island or Fukushima, then Jacopo Buongiorno has a class for you. The Tokyo Electric Power Company Professor in Nuclear Engineering and Director of the Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems (CANES),...
How to decarbonize the world, at scale
In her keynote at MITEI’s Annual Research Conference, Anne White stressed the urgency to “develop and scale low-carbon and zero-carbon solutions ... with a practical systems-based approach that considers efficiency, affordability, equity, and sustainability for how the world will meet its energy needs.”
Jacopo Buongiorno elected 2023 NURETH Fellow
Established in 1980 by the Thermal Hydraulics Division of the American Nuclear Society (ANS), NURETH Fellows are appointed once every two years — Buongiorno is recognized for scholarly accomplishments and impact in the thermal-hydraulics field and for his exceptional contributions to NURETH conferences.
An evolutionary shift from the local (nano) scale to the global
For the bulk of his years as a nuclear engineer, Jacopo Buongiorno has had a career filled with success, though it might also be called conventional in certain respects. Buongiorno, the TEPCO Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE), earned his PhD...