Nuclear power and reactors

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.

Harnessing the Earth, the atom and the leafThere are many sources that can make a contribution to our energy supply, but likely not at a major scale in the near future.

What can make a dent?Given the enormous scale of worldwide energy use, there are limited options for achieving significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

MIT wins $7.5M DoE grant to develop a new generation of advanced reactors

Learning the lessons of FukushimaJapan’s nuclear meltdowns provide valuable lessons for the design of future nuclear powerplants.

Inside the innards of a nuclear reactorTiny robots may monitor underground pipes for radioactive leaks.

Report: Storage for spent nuclear fuel more crucial than everJapanese nuclear crisis adds to the urgency of dealing with radioactive used fuel, and may raise cost of new plants, MIT study says

CANES symposium on 'Nuclear Energy in 2050'Considering nuclear power research and development in the upcoming decades.

Explained: rad, rem, sieverts, becquerelsA guide to terminology about radiation exposure

The nuclear crisis and Japan’s governmentAt MIT forum, experts analyze the country's response to the crisis, and give first-hand account of what it was like in Tokyo as the earthquake hit.

What we know, and don't know, about Japan's reactorsPanel of MIT nuclear engineers aims for clarity about the state of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.