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(Knoxville News Sentinel) [Need to scroll] The University of Tennessee has launched the UT Institute for Nuclear Security in collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant and Oak Ridge Associated Universities...4/2 |
(SpecialChem) Common material such as polyethylene used in plastic bags could be turned into something far more valuable through a process being developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. In a paper published in Advanced Materials, a team led by Amit Naskar of the Materials Science and Technology Division outlined a method that allows not only for production of carbon fiber but also the ability to tailor the final product to specific applications...4/3
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DOE
(Knoxville News Sentinel) The Y-12 nuclear weapons plant has shipped more than 400 pounds of highly enriched uranium to France, where it will be used for fuel in a high-performance research reactor near Grenoble...4/1
(Knoxville News Sentinel) Four high-level appointments at the Department of Energy have been confirmed by the U.S. Senate. They are David Danielson, assistant secretary for energy efficiency and renewable energy; Dot Harris, director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact; Charles McConnell, assistant secretary for fossil energy; and Gregory H. Woods, general counsell...3/31
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National
(CS Monitor) The explosion of drug-fueled violence along Mexico's border with the United States could harm relations between the two nations, President Barack Obama said Monday; Mexico's leader retorted that much of the problem of drugs and guns begins on the U.S. side of the line...4/2
State & Regional
(Knoxville News Sentinel) Sitting in a side yard off Middlebrook Pike, soaking in the sun on a bright March day, the solar system at the offices of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy is a testament to the economic potential of the solar industry to Tennessee, said Stephen Smith, executive director of the organization...4/1
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