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Optimizing construction and operation of nuclear energy facilities
For the United States to meet its net zero goals, nuclear energy needs to be on the smorgasbord of options. The problem: Its production still suffers from a lack of scale. To increase access rapidly, we need to stand up reactors quickly,...
Emilio Baglietto named associate head of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Professor Benoit Forget, head of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE), announced the appointment of Professor Emilio Baglietto as associate department head, effective July 1, 2023. In his new role as associate department head, Prof. Baglietto will coordinate NSE’s DEI...
Screening & Discussion: NUCLEAR NOW with director OLIVER STONE and co-writer JOSHUA S. GOLDSTEIN
May 3 2023. 4:00PM. Bartos Theater. MIT E15-07. Free admission. Post-screening reception. NUCLEAR NOW website With unprecedented access to the nuclear industry in France, Russia, and the United States, Nuclear Now explores the possibility for the global community to overcome the challenges...
Florian Chavagnat: Understanding boiling to help the nuclear industry and space missions
To launch extended missions in space, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is borrowing a page from the nuclear engineering industry: It is trying to understand how boiling works. Planning for long-term missions has NASA researching ways of packing the least...
Haruko Wainwright: Helping the Cause of Environmental Resilience
Haruko Wainwright, the Norman C. Rasmussen Career Development Professor in Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE) and Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), grew up in rural Japan where many nuclear facilities are located. She remembers worrying about the facilities as...
Scientists identify new mechanism of corrosion
NSE collaborative research on molten salt corrosion shows that controlling one-dimensional wormhole corrosion could help advance power plant designs
Tribute to a hale, hardy, and accomplished fellow
Senior Research Scientist, Richard Lanza, was elected an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Fellow &Mdash; an honor annually bestowed on just one-tenth of one percent of the members of what’s called “the world’s largest technical professional organization.”
A new way to assess radiation damage in reactors
NSE’s Mike Short and a team of researchers designed a tool that enables faster measurements of the condition of some nuclear reactor components, potentially extending their lifetimes.
Pursuing a practical approach to research
Koroush Shirvan, the John Clark Hardwick (1986) Career Development Professor at the  Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE), knows that the nuclear industry has traditionally been wary of innovations until they are shown to have proven utility. As a result, he...
A better way to quantify radiation damage in materials
More complete than existing methods, the new approach might enable longer operational lifetimes for nuclear reactors.