What Happened
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Partners With Idaho National Laboratory
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Idaho National Laboratory (INL) have announced a partnership to expand the domestic supply chain for industrial pressure vessels using wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM). The collaboration aims to accelerate the qualification of critical nuclear components, addressing a bottleneck in domestic forging capacity for nuclear energy production. The partnership was unveiled at Materials and Manufacturing Innovation Days (M2IND), an ORNL-hosted event, and was reported by 3D Printing Industry.