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Wednesday, August 6, 2008

 

OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY

Appalachian high school students, teachers learn from mentors
(Oak Ridger) While most students and teachers were taking a break from their studies and curriculum planning, 61 select students and teachers from Appalachia chose to spend two weeks of their summer vacation at Oak Ridge National Laboratory conducting research with top scientists....8/5

Energy Dept. Awards $140M in Energy-Saving Contracts
(Federal Times) The largest of the four projects is at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee....8/5

Nanotech Fuel Cell Research May Clear Hydrogen Hurdles
(UVa Today) U.Va. collaborators on the current fuel cell research project are Despina Louca, an associate professor of physics, and Giovanni Zangari, an associate professor of materials science and engineering. Louca will use neutron diffraction equipment at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee to measure how the nanoscale structures work over time....8/5

LOCAL DOE:

They're cleaning house at the bomb factory
(Knoxville News Sentinel) The Y-12 nuclear weapons plant continues to shuck the junk and get rid of materials no longer needed at the Oak Ridge facilities....8/6

COMMUNITY:

Peace activists mark Hiroshima anniversary outside Y-12 plant Wednesday
(Oak Ridger) The atomic bombing of Hiroshima is being remembered in Oak Ridge, the once secret city that fueled that first nuclear weapon used in war....8/5

State finds no arsenic in Solway wells
(Knoxville News Sentinel) Conflicting arsenic test results on wells near Knox County's "greenwaste" facility in Solway are keeping the controversy over the plant's operations churning....8/6

STATE & REGIONAL:

TVA to refile after errors
(Knoxville News Sentinel) TVA must re-file two-and-a-half years' worth of financial statements after a faulty accounting method caused the agency to miscalculate a certain category of revenues....8/6
 

NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL:

Anthrax Suspect Had Stays for Detox, Rehab
(Washington Post) Scientist and counselor recount turmoil in Bruce E. Ivins's life before he committed suicide last week as federal officials were preparing to indict him....8/6 [Registration Required]

ENERGY & SCIENCE POLICY:

Inside Energy Extra - 8/5 A daily report on U.S. energy policy [pdf file; ORNL subscription - internal use]
-McCain mocks Obama on drilling
-Yucca Mountain cost soars by 38%
-Dingell presses DOE on auto provision
-Alaska sues over polar bear listing
-Chamber warns on carbon regulation

DOE:

DOE to Transport Moab Mill Tailings by Rail
(DOE Press Release) The U.S. Department of Energy today reaffirmed its prior decision to relocate mill tailings predominantly by rail from the former uranium-ore processing site near Moab, Utah, 30 miles north to Crescent Junction, Utah....8/5

DOE to Pursue Zero-Net Energy Commercial Buildings
(DOE Press Release) U.S. Department of Energy Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency David Rodgers today announced the launch of DOE’s Zero-Net Energy Commercial Building Initiative with establishment of the National Laboratory Collaborative on Building Technologies Collaborative....8/5

U.S. Department of Energy Releases Revised Total System Life Cycle Cost Estimate and Fee Adequacy Report for Yucca Mountain Project
(DOE Press Release) The U.S. Department of Energy today released a revised estimate of the total system life cycle cost for a repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada....8/5

Yucca Mountain cost estimate is increased
(UPI) The U.S. Department of Energy says it has revised upward its cost estimate of the Yucca Mountain nuclear repository from its 1983 start to closure in 2133....8/5

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY:

Switch-on for important new UK particle physics project
(Public Technology) The UK’s ISIS Second Target Station Project moved a major step closer to completion yesterday when the first neutrons were created in the ISIS Second Target Station....8/6

An Energy Diet for Power-Hungry Household PCs
(New York Times) In its drive to go green, the technology industry has so far focused mainly on big targets like corporations and especially computer data centers, the power-hungry computing engine rooms of the Internet economy....8/6

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