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An American Nuclear Society (ANS) Rapid Response Taskforce exists in order to provide factual, up-to-date information about nuclear safety and security around the world. For the past several weeks, the Taskforce has been focused on Ukraine. The Department of Nuclear Science and...

Center for Electrification and Decarbonization of Industry, led by Yet-Ming Chiang and Bilge Yildiz and Decarbonizing and strengthening the global energy infrastructure using nuclear batteries, led by Jacopo Buongiorno are finalists in the Climate Grand Challenges competition launched in July 2020.

Researchers argue the plant could provide multiple benefits for California, including desalinated water and clean hydrogen fuel.

System could reclaim pure water from power plant cooling towers; at-scale prototypes tested on MIT facilities have proven effective.

Jacopo Buongiorno and others say factory-built microreactors trucked to usage sites could be a safe, efficient option for decarbonizing electricity systems.

Notional rendering of a Nuclear Battery, including (from left to right) the instrumentation and control module, the reactor, shielding and heat transfer module, and the power module. In the midst of an economic downturn and unfolding climate crisis, Jacopo Buongiorno, TEPCO Professor...

Analysis points to ways engineering strategies could be reimagined to minimize delays and other unanticipated expenses.

The reusable mask would include a heated copper mesh that’s powered by a battery and surrounded by insulating neoprene.

A series of 7 papers published as a special issue of the Journal of Plasma Physics provides a high level of confidence in the plasma physics and the performance predictions for SPARC. No unexpected impediments or surprises have shown up, and the remaining challenges appear to be manageable. This sets a solid basis for the device’s operation once constructed, according to Martin Greenwald, Deputy Director of MIT PSFC.

The 2020 MIT A+B Applied Energy Symposium (MITAB) was held entirely virtually this year, with both live and prerecorded online presentations from August 13–14, 2020. The conference aims to disseminate information on technologies that either (A) can be currently deployed to reduce...