Creating a low-carbon, non-nuclear economy: The case of Taiwan
Can Taiwan create a low-carbon economy without nuclear energy? One MIT researcher finds out.
NSE’s Ballinger appointed to NRC committee
Ronald Ballinger named to Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
Diving into nuclear policy
Whether he’s in a Navy submarine or in Washington, you’ll find MIT senior Cameron McCord at the intersection of nuclear engineering, policy and service.
CANES: Systems-oriented knowledge helps integrate fission beyond the grid
A look at the Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems
Understanding the turbulence in plasmas
New experiments in a tokamak fusion reactor reveal details of a cooling process, potentially bringing practical fusion closer.
Sizing up Japan, after the disaster
MIT political scientist examines Japanese stasis after nuclear meltdown at Fukushima.
MIT’s Ernest J. Moniz nominated Secretary of Energy
President Obama’s pick is head of the MIT Energy Initiative and a former undersecretary of energy.
Undergraduate contributes to fusion reactor advancement
Jake 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 cracking
MIT researchers now have new insights into how 'stress corrosion cracking' may be affected by nanoscale disruptions in the crystalline structure of metallic materials.
Buongiorno and McKrell awarded more than $400,000 by CEA, France
The researchers will investigate transient boiling heat transfer phenomena under rapidly escalating heat fluxes.