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PostDecember 17, 2020

Want cheaper nuclear energy? Turn the design process into a game

In this AI-designed layout for a boiling water reactor, fuel rods in the assembly are ideally positioned around two fixed water rods to burn more efficiently. MIT researchers ran the equivalent of 36,000 simulations to find the optimal configuration, which could extend the life of the rods in an assembly by about 5 percent, generating $3 million in savings per year if scaled to the full reactor. Colors correspond to varying amounts of uranium and gadolinium oxide in each rod.

PostDecember 10, 2020

On planetary change and human health: Commentary by Amy Moran-Thomas

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Hurricane Hattie Belize, by Pen Delvin Cayetano, 1996, Oil on Canvas; ©2018 Artists Rights Society; reproduced with permission

PostDecember 9, 2020

Amanda Hubbard honored with Secretary of Energy’s Appreciation Award

Plasma Science and Fusion Center

MIT Principal Research Scientist Amanda Hubbard received a 2020 Secretary of Energy's Appreciation Award during a virtual ceremony last month.

PostDecember 3, 2020

Environmental Justice Law and Policy

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PostDecember 1, 2020

Planetary Health at MIT: Connections Amongst Ourselves and with Our Planet

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PostNovember 24, 2020

Six MIT faculty elected 2020 AAAS Fellows

Clockwise from top left: Nazli Choucri, Catherine Drennan, Peter Fisher, Daniela Rus, Ju Li, and Neil Gershenfeld.

PostNovember 18, 2020

Powering through the coming energy transition

According to more than half of the models cited in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report, carbon capture and storage will be required to realize the Paris goal, but to what extent will it need to be deployed to ensure that outcome?

PostNovember 18, 2020

Study identifies reasons for soaring nuclear plant cost overruns in the U.S...

A new study covering 50 years of U.S. nuclear power plant construction data found that, contrary to expectations, building plants based on existing designs actually costs more, rather than less, than building plants based on new designs. This photo shows a construction site of a new modern nuclear power plant.

PostNovember 18, 2020

System can sterilize medical tools using solar heat

Researchers at MIT and the Indian Institute of Technology have come up with a way to generate the steam required by autoclaves, using just the power of sunlight, to help maintain safe, sterile equipment at low cost in remote locations.

PostNovember 13, 2020

Commercializing next-generation nuclear energy technology

A rendering of Oklo's first nuclear power plant, dubbed the Aurora, that will be built at the Idaho National Laboratory.

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