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(Knoxville News Sentinel) The number of foreign visitors is on the rise at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and so is the presence of China and other "sensitive" countries. China has headed the foreign visitors list each of the last four years, the only data available from ORNL. Russia and India are also fixtures in the top 10, even though visits by citizens of sensitive countries require background checks, typically take longer to arrange and have additional restrictions...2/17
(Atomic City Underground) Tom Wilbanks, a geographer, has traveled the world many times in his role as an energy researcher, devoting years of effort to energy development in developing countries. He is one of the major contributors to the international body of work on climate change. He heads ORNL's Corporate Fellows Council, an elite group of scientists honored for their career achievements...2/17 |
(Knoxville News Sentinel) [Need to scroll] The first evidence of the economic stimulus package at Oak Ridge National Laboratory will probably be the start of construction for the $95 million Chemistry and Materials Science Lab. "I think you'll see the impact as early as late spring," lab communications chief Billy Stair said...2/17
(Fuel Cell Today)
...A team of researchers from Virginia Tech, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the University of Georgia says it has produced hydrogen gas pure enough to power a fuel cell by mixing 14 enzymes, one coenzyme, cellulosic materials from nonfood sources, and water heated to about 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 C)...2/16
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State & Regional
(The Tennessean)
A lot of things are riding on the 2010 census. Money. Power. Bragging rights. Small wonder that more than a year before the decennial headcount of every man, woman and child in America, Middle Tennessee census workers are warming up...2/17
East Tennessee
(Knoxville News Sentinel) City finance officials repeatedly used the term “significantly” at a semi-annual budget retreat Monday to describe nearly across-the-board shortfalls now forecast for most city of Knoxville revenue sources, shortfalls that could total some $3 million by the fiscal year’s end...2/17
(The Daily Beacon) With utility prices rising and classroom temperatures dropping, the University of Tennessee is striving to reduce energy consumption by 10 percent this year with the new “Switch Your Thinking” campaign...2/17 |
National
(NY Times) The state of California — its deficits ballooning, its lawmakers intransigent and its governor apparently bereft of allies or influence — appears headed off the fiscal rails...2/17
(NY Times) The homeland security secretary, Janet Napolitano, is re-evaluating the largest federal program for testing the country’s ability to respond to terrorist attacks, one of several Bush administration initiatives she has ordered to come under review...2/17
DOE
(Atomic City Underground) Some folks might think that foreign visitors aren't allowed at the Y-12 National Security Complex, given the Oak Ridge plant's role in manufacturing nuclear warhead components and other high-security missions. Indeed, the number of foreign nationals allowed on site is far fewer than at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, but there are visitors from other countries...2/17
(Oak Ridger) The U.S. Department of Transportation, or DOT, has joined Science.gov, hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information, known as OSTI.
This means that when you launch a search at the Science.gov gateway, your single query can find science information from 14 government agencies, including the DOT National Transportation Library Integrated Search and more than 30 DOT Web sites...2/16
(DOE Press Release) U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman announced today that he authorized several buildings at Los Alamos National Laboratory to be collectively known as the “Pete V. Domenici National Security Science Complex.”...2/16
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