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EM Kicks Off New Acquisition Career Development Program
By DOE Newswire | May 13, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - EM is strengthening its procurement capabilities to ensure the cleanup program has talented, capable acquisition professionals now and in the future with the launch of the EM Career Acquisition Program (ECAP).
Oak Ridge Makes Former Reactor Safer as It Awaits Demolition
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - EM crews are slated to take down hundreds of old, contaminated buildings at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Y-12 National Security Complex.
Portsmouth, Paducah Kick Off Major Uranium Oxide Disposal Effort
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - EM has successfully commenced a major disposal effort for a key uranium-enrichment byproduct with the recent arrival of 60 uranium-oxide storage cylinders by rail at a licensed facility in west Texas.
DOE Awards $22.1 Million to Advance Promising Nuclear Technologies
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today awarded $22.1 million to 10 industry-led projects, including two aimed at expanding clean hydrogen production with nuclear energy and one focused on bringing a microreactor design closer to deployment. The other projects intend to tackle nuclear...
DOE CESER Helps Fortify the Energy Sector’s Digital Supply Chain with GE Gas Power
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) today announced a collaboration with GE Gas Power to test one of the company’s critical infrastructure systems used in gas, steam, and wind applications.
DOE CESER Helps Fortify the Energy Sector’s Digital Supply Chain with GE Gas Power
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) today announced a collaboration with GE Gas Power to test one of the company’s critical infrastructure systems used in gas, steam, and wind applications.
West Valley Supports Local Environmental Competition for Students
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - With support from EM’s West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP), students from local high schools recently joined a competition based on environmental topics, with this year’s special focus on adapting to climate change.
Sounding the Alarm at Hanford: It’s Only a Test
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Sound testing kicked off recently at the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant as team members measured ambient sound levels throughout the plant’s facilities. The testing allows the team to verify that fire alarm volume levels meet fire codes and workers can hear...
In Unique Fire Ecology Course, Students Practice Prescribed Burn at Savannah River Site
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Sixteen students from the University of Georgia have completed a popular spring semester course on fire ecology that included a prescribed burn of 375 acres of land at the Savannah River Site (SRS).
Hanford Contractors Celebrate Earth Day Cleaning Up Local Park
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Protecting the environment is key for EM’s Office of River Protection and Richland Operations Office, and that’s why dozens of Hanford Site employees joined forces to celebrate the importance of Earth Day by cleaning up one of the most popular local parks.
STEP Class Brings Science to Life at Savannah River Site
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - More than 50 fifth and sixth grade students from a school in Augusta, Georgia, recently experienced a unique hands-on environmental class in the forests of the Savannah River Site (SRS) to inspire early interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers at the site.
U.S. Department of Energy Announces $40 Million for More Efficient Cooling for Data Centers
By DOE Newswire | May 10, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $40 million in funding for 15 projects that will develop high-performance, energy efficient cooling solutions for data centers. Used to house computers, storage systems, and computing infrastructure, data centers account for approximately...
U.S. Department of Energy Announces $40 Million for More Efficient Cooling for Data Centers
By DOE Newswire | May 10, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $40 million in funding for 15 projects that will develop high-performance, energy efficient cooling solutions for data centers. Used to house computers, storage systems, and computing infrastructure, data centers account for approximately...
U.S. Department of Energy Announces $40 Million for More Efficient Cooling for Data Centers
By DOE Newswire | May 10, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $40 million in funding for 15 projects that will develop high-performance, energy efficient cooling solutions for data centers. Used to house computers, storage systems, and computing infrastructure, data centers account for approximately...
U.S. Department of Energy Announces $40 Million for More Efficient Cooling for Data Centers
By DOE Newswire | May 10, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $40 million in funding for 15 projects that will develop high-performance, energy efficient cooling solutions for data centers. Used to house computers, storage systems, and computing infrastructure, data centers account for approximately...
International collaboration yields breakthrough that could revolutionize computing technologies
By DOE Newswire Report | May 8, 2023
Researchers from Vanderbilt University and University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have made a significant advancement in understanding the correlation of the vibrational patterns of atoms at the level of chemical bonds in conducting materials silicon and graphene.
Researcher to image lab earthquake formation, precursory signals with ultrasound
By DOE Newswire Report | May 8, 2023
Earthquakes are notoriously hard to predict, and scientists currently rely on seismic hazard maps to predict the likelihood of an earthquake to strike a particular region.
To Track Turbulence in Tokamaks, Researchers Turn to Machine Learning
By DOE Newswire Report | May 6, 2023
Understanding the turbulence in the boundary of magnetically confined plasma in a tokamak device is fundamental in fusion research.
Zeroing in on a Fundamental Property of the Proton’s Internal Dynamics
By DOE Newswire Report | May 6, 2023
Inside the proton are elementary particles called quarks.
Predicting Changes in Microbial Food Webs
By DOE Newswire Report | May 6, 2023
Increasing either temperature or nutrients can hurt ecosystems by destabilizing food webs, which are all of the interconnected food chains that make communities behave the way they do.