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PostJune 9, 2025

New facility to accelerate materials solutions for fusion energy

Plasma Science and Fusion Center

The Schmidt Laboratory for Materials in Nuclear Technologies (LMNT), made possible by a group of donors led by Eric and Wendy Schmidt, will be housed at MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center and use a compact cyclotron to accelerate the testing of materials for use in tomorrow’s commercial fusion power plants.

PostNovember 3, 2023

How to decarbonize the world, at scale

MIT Energy Initiative

Vice Provost Anne White (left) presented a keynote on the role of the research university before joining MITEI Interim Director Robert Stoner to address audience questions.

PostJune 23, 2023

Panel addresses technologies needed for a net-zero future

MIT Energy Initiative

During the MIT Energy Initiative’s panel on energy innovation for a net-zero future, Senior Research Scientist Anuradha Annaswamy (center) and other speakers addressed areas where new or improved technologies or systems are needed to achieve global net-zero emissions goals.

PostMarch 22, 2023

Exploring a Suitable Business Model for Nuclear Batteries

MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research

Educator GuideOctober 26, 2021

Fusion Energy and Climate Change Educator Guide

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PostJuly 15, 2021

Waging a two-pronged campaign against climate change

MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering

W. Robb Stewart, an MIT PhD candidate in nuclear science and engineering, is working to build a modular, integrated, gas high-temperature nuclear reactor, called MIGHTR.

PostJune 25, 2021

3Q: Why “nuclear batteries” offer a new approach to carbon-free energy

This cut-away rendering of the MIT nuclear battery concept shows important components such as the instrumentation and control module, the reactor, and the power module.

PostNovember 20, 2018

Explaining the plummeting cost of solar power

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