Showing 7 results for Researcher: Brian B. Anderson
June 25, 2026
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ORNL has named Brian Anderson director of the Office of Institutional Strategic Planning, where he will help shape the laboratory’s long-term research strategy and priorities. Anderson most recently led ORNL’s Enrichment Science and Engineering Division, advancing key nuclear science and national security initiatives.
June 8, 2026
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ORNL’s DUECE project is developing next-generation gas centrifuge technology to restore the United States’ ability to enrich uranium domestically for defense missions, including naval nuclear propulsion and tritium production. After nearly a decade of research and development, NNSA has partnered with BWXT to build a pilot plant and manufacturing capability, with the goal of reestablishing a reliable U.S. uranium enrichment capability by the 2040s.
January 12, 2026
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Brian Anderson has led ORNL's Enrichment Science and Engineering Division since 2020, overseeing work in enrichment technologies and stable isotope production. The division supports national needs across security, research, medicine and industry while expanding its technical capabilities and workforce.
May 7, 2025
8 MIN READ
On May 7, the American Chemical Society celebrated past and potential of the former K-25 Gaseous Diffusion Plant, awarding a National Historic Chemical Landmark designation to the development of the gaseous diffusion method for uranium isotope
January 28, 2025
7 MIN READ
In 1945, workers at the Beta calutrons at Y-12 had a crucial mission: to separate uranium used for the atomic bomb Little Boy that was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, helping bring about the end of World War II.For more than 50 years afterward, the calutrons had a peacetime mission: to separate isotopes of a variety of elements for research use and targets to produce radioisotopes.Now, with the calutrons silent since the late 1990s, a group of isotopes employees last month toured Beta-3 with another mission: to preserve useful and historical artifacts from the deteriorating building.
October 1, 2020
3 MIN READ
Dr. Brian Anderson is the new division director of the Enrichment Science and Engineering Division at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
October 23, 2017
4 MIN READ
The Ultra-Trace Forensic Science Center (UFSC) at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) recently completed the installation of one of DOE’s most powerful microprobes that will allow for high-resolution analysis