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(Forbes) A team of researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Electric Power Research Institute have created a kind of Google Earth for siting large-scale electric power plants in the United States...3/20
(Knoxville News Sentinel) Live, from Oak Ridge National Laboratory! Senior writer Frank Munger will be blogging today from ORNL, where he'll be talking with scientists, visitors and taking a close-up look at some of the lab's world-class research facilities — as well as some of the historical venues that date to the World War II Manhattan Project...3/21
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(Knoxville News Sentinel) Hourly workers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory will vote Thursday on a possible three-year contract extension with UT-Battelle, the managing contractor at ORNL...3/21
(Knoxville News Sentinel) The University of Tennessee today announced the launch of the UT Institute for Nuclear Security in collaboration with Oak Ridge National Lab, the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant, and Oak Ridge Associated Universities...3/20 |
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DOE
(Knoxville News Sentinel) A new government report underscores a long-held concern that a severe earthquake could essentially destroy Y-12's 9212 complex, a 60-year-old facility where bomb-grade uranium is processed in various forms...3/21
(Energy.gov) ...Recently, America's Next Top Energy Innovator Challenge offered startup companies access to the 14,000 patents (in the past, we’ve used the stat: 15,000 patent and patent applications) held by the National Labs, at a reduced cost. As a result, 36 companies signed 43 option agreements allowing them to license the cutting-edge technologies...3/20
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National
(Reuters) The United States exempted Japan and 10 EU nations from financial sanctions because they have significantly cut purchases of Iranian oil, but left Iran's top customers China and India exposed to the possibility of such steps...3/21
East Tennessee
(Times Free Press) Construction is to start soon on a solar park estimated to cost about $30 million that will supply a big chunk of power to Chattanooga's Volkswagen plant...3/17 |
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