Friends of ORNL - FORNL

One of a great pair of Oak Ridger articles about Dr. Bob Hettich's presentation to FORNL earlier this year.

https://www.oakridger.com/story/news/local/2025/03/30/revelations-from-oak-ridge-national-laboratory-on-the-gut-microbiome/82691239007/

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ORNL's Don Spong is optimistic about prospects for fusion power.

Electricity produced through fusion could be available by 2040, Oak Ridge theorist says Don Spong said ITER, which is more than 80% complete, is expected to produce its first fusion plasma in 2034 using the hydrogen isotope deuterium.

Today's print edition of the Oak Ridger has this front-page article about Dr. Laetitia Delmau's FORNL luncheon lecture on isotope separation.

Seaborg award winner tells how ORNL makes useful isotopes Californium-252 from HFIR has been used to treat brain and cervical cancers, to start up nuclear reactors, to help find belowground oil or gas and more

Thanks to Carolyn Krause, the Oak Ridger has been giving great coverage to FORNL's recent programs. Here's the article on the November 14th State of the Laboratory address.

ORNL director provides update on fast-growing lab ORNL-produced isotopes have a wide variety of applications. Heat from the decay of plutonium 238 powers the Perseverance Rover on Mars.

Read a report on Dr. Stephen Streiffer's recent State of the Laboratory address, sponsored by FORNL, on the Oak Ridger website.

ORNL director provides update on fast-growing lab ORNL-produced isotopes have a wide variety of applications. Heat from the decay of plutonium 238 powers the Perseverance Rover on Mars.

This museum exhibit about Alvin Weinberg is an outgrow of the Weinberg Papers project that has been a long-term interest of Friends of ORNL.

Join us for the official opening of our newest exhibit, Meet Alvin Weinberg on Sunday, October 27 at 2 pm! This celebration will include a ribbon cutting, brief remarks, light refreshments, and a chance to talk to the project team. RSVPs are not required, and admission to the Children’s Museum will be free on that afternoon.

FORNL's August lunch lecture by Lee Riedinger is the basis for this newspaper article (contributed by Carolyn Krause).

Evolution of UT-ORNL partnership, saving of the lab described in new book Robert Oppenheimer didn't think Clinton Laboratories, predecessor of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was worth saving. "Clinton will not live ..."

Earlier this year, Tony Mezzacappa told a FORNL audience about topics of core-collapse supernovae, collisions of black holes, and how scientists here on Earth are investigating them. Read about it in Carolyn Krause's article for the Oak Ridger.

Oak Ridge lab, UT scientists seek to better understand how massive stars explode Massive star explosions happen about three times per century in our galaxy. Others likely happened on the other side of the galaxy.