Nuclear power and reactors

CANES: Systems-oriented knowledge helps integrate fission beyond the gridA look at the Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems

Understanding the turbulence in plasmasNew experiments in a tokamak fusion reactor reveal details of a cooling process, potentially bringing practical fusion closer.

NSE students in the national spotlightThree from Course 22 named to Forbes '30 under 30' list

Advice for nations pursuing nuclear powerLady Barbara Judge delivers 12th Rose Lecture

Sizing up Japan, after the disasterMIT political scientist examines Japanese stasis after nuclear meltdown at Fukushima.

MIT’s Ernest J. Moniz nominated Secretary of EnergyPresident Obama’s pick is head of the MIT Energy Initiative and a former undersecretary of energy.

Undergraduate contributes to fusion reactor advancementJake Jurewicz, a nuclear science and engineering-physics double major, received a fellowship to develop new simulation and visualization software at the National Fusion Facility in California.

New experiments, new insights into stress corrosion crackingMIT researchers now have new insights into how 'stress corrosion cracking' may be affected by nanoscale disruptions in the crystalline structure of metallic materials.

Yue Fan awarded Argonne postdoctoral fellowship

Lindsey Anne Gilman: Better boiling for more efficient energy production

Buongiorno and McKrell awarded more than $400,000 by CEA, FranceThe researchers will investigate transient boiling heat transfer phenomena under rapidly escalating heat fluxes.

Michael Short spans classroom, forge, reactor

R. Scott Kemp brings new perspectives on nuclear technology and society

Ekaterina Paramonova: A nuclear networkerUndergraduate on a unique career track that intriguingly combines nuclear engineering and diplomacy.

Daniel Casey: Exploring a ‘little star’ on Earth

Fusion program moves beyond plasma, toward practical powerplant issues

Frank Stanton Chair in Nuclear Security Policy Studies established in Department of Political ScienceEndowed chair established with a gift of $5 million from the Stanton Foundation

Mujid Kazimi, of nuclear science and engineering, wins Kuwait PrizeHonored for contributions to nuclear power technology

MIT Japan 3/11 Initiative focuses on reconstructionA series of focused efforts in disaster resiliency

A new look at prolonged radiation exposureMIT study suggests that at low dose-rate, radiation poses little risk to DNA.

Karnik, Parra win DOE Early Career Research Program awards

New nuclear science and engineering faculty drive curriculum expansion into computational science and engineering

A fight for rightsIn MIT talk, exiled Nobel Prize-winning activist Shirin Ebadi promises a continued ‘fight for full and complete equality’ for Iran’s women.

Powering the Chinese dragonChina Light and Power’s Peter Littlewood talks with MIT researchers and students about the country’s strengths and the United States’s opportunity to embrace them.

Sen. Kerry tours Alcator C-Mod tokamakProject is at risk of being terminated due to proposed federal budget cuts.

Political science PhD candidate Christopher Clary helping to shape U.S. defense policy

Mysterious electron acceleration explainedComputer simulation identifies source of aurora-causing high-speed electrons in space

Emilio Baglietto: Better reactors grow from better simulations

How to kick-start new energy technologiesThree-year study produces proposals for boosting energy innovation to meet growing demand, curb global warming.