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Dean Price: Working to advance the nuclear renaissance
Assistant Professor Dean Price sees a bright future for nuclear power, and he believes artificial intelligence can help us realize that vision
Taylor Hampson: Fueling research in nuclear thermal propulsion
Taylor Hampson, masters student in MIT’s Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering is modeling the behavior of an unconventional rocket engine that will heat propellant using nuclear energy.
Dauren Sarsenbayev: Working to eliminate barriers in the adoption of nuclear energy
Recognizing that nuclear waste continues to be a bottleneck in the widespread use of nuclear energy, NSE doctoral student, Dauren Sarsenbayev, is developing models that explore how to address the problem.
What should countries do with their nuclear waste?
A new study by Haruko Wainwright and collaborators analyzes different nuclear waste management strategies, with a focus on the radionuclide iodine-129.
NSE welcomes three new faculty in 2024-25
Sophia Henneberg focuses on developing, utilizing, and extending optimization tools to identify new, promising stellarator designs, which are a promising path toward fusion energy. Ethan Peterson focuses on improving radiation transport and transmutation methods for the design of fusion technologies, as well as whole-facility modeling for fusion power plants. Dean Price focuses on the simulation and control of advanced reactors, with expertise in uncertainty quantification, scientific machine learning, and artificial intelligence for nuclear applications.
Marco Graffiedi: Using classic physical phenomena to solve new problems
Doctoral student, Marco Graffiedi, is researching quenching processes to help cool nuclear cores and NASA craft the next generation of space vehicles.
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.
Are coastal nuclear power plants at risk from sea level rise and climate change?
Professor Curtis Smith on why nuclear power is well-suited for climate change —
The World at MIT: Ericmoore Jossou
Ericmoore Jossou tells his students he doesn’t see his research as a job, but “as a calling. When I get up every day, solving these problems is always what’s on my mind.”
New method could monitor corrosion and cracking in a nuclear reactor
By directly imaging material failure in 3D, this real-time technique could help scientists improve reactor safety and longevity.