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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 3-Jun-2026 20:16 ET (4-Jun-2026 00:16 GMT/UTC)

10-Apr-2026

DOME, world’s first nuclear reactor test bed, ready for privately developed advanced reactors

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory
Business Announcement

(IDAHO FALLS, Idaho) – The highly anticipated National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments (DOME) test bed is open for business.

8-Apr-2026

ORNL receives six Federal Lab Consortium awards for Technology Transfer Excellence

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

The Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) awards recognize outstanding achievements in the successful transfer of technology from laboratory to industry. The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory was recently awarded six FLC awards, including the 2026 Excellence in Technology Transfer Award, for technology commercialized by Element3 that enables the extraction of lithium from oil and gas wastewater.

30-Mar-2026

Collaboration between ORNL, General Atomics to advance manufacturing for energy and security

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore advanced manufacturing for extreme environment materials with energy and national security applications.

26-Mar-2026

AAAS elects ORNL scientist Jennifer Morrell-Falvey as fellow

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Jennifer Morrell-Falvey, a senior staff scientist at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS, one of the world’s largest general scientific societies and publisher of the Science family of journals.

Funder: U.S. Department of Energy

23-Mar-2026

Biosensor detects early fungal outbreaks, advances plant biotechnology

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new biosensor developed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory detects the emerging presence of fungus on plants at the molecular level, paving the way for next-generation crop protection and the development of stress-tolerant plants. The innovation advances technology for the U.S. agricultural and biomanufacturing sectors.

Journal: Plant Biotechnology Journal
Funder: U.S. Department of Energy

19-Mar-2026

NRIC Launch Pad to take national innovation to next level

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory
Business Announcement

The U.S. Department of Energy and the National Reactor Innovation Center are proud to announce the establishment of the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad. This NRIC initiative will promote the rapid development and implementation of advanced nuclear technologies by private industry.

17-Mar-2026

DOE approves safety documentation for MARVEL microreactor initial criticality

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory
Business Announcement

(IDAHO FALLS, Idaho) — The U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho Operations Office has approved a key safety document for the MARVEL microreactor at Idaho National Laboratory. The approved document, called a Preliminary Documented Safety Analysis (PDSA), marks a major milestone toward building and operating the microreactor for research, development and end-user demonstrations.

11-Mar-2026

Microgrid research partnership celebrates milestone toward enhanced grid resilience

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is propelling grid resilience through a partnership with regional utility EPB of Chattanooga that will demonstrate advanced microgrid capabilities to reduce customer power outages.