WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability issued the following news on March 16, 2023: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Electricity (OE) today announced a team of six DOE national laboratories to receive a total of $2 million to carry out the Rapid Operational Validation Initiative (ROVI). ROVI will validate the testing of new energy storage systems. Cost-effective, long-duration, and grid-scale energy storage is e  more

LIVERMORE, California, March 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: Celebrating International Women's Day on March 8, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) women data scientists, Lab employees and other attendees interested in the field gathered at the Livermore Valley Open Campus for the annual Livermore Women in Data Science (WiDS) regional event held in conjunction with the global WiDS conference. Attendees met  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following weekly report: TO: Katherine R. Herrera, Acting Technical Director FROM: A. Boussouf and D. Gutowski, Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for the Week Ending February 24, 2023 Staff Activity: D. Brown, M. Dunlevy, and P. Migliorini were on site to start their review of the enhanced chemical compatibility evaluation process for tra  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, March 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: Nuclear power is a significant source of steady carbon-neutral electricity, and advanced reactors can add more of it to the U.S. grid, which is vital for the environment and economy. For decades, Sandia National Laboratories has supported the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in its role of regulating and licensing nuclear reactors. With many advanced nuclear reactor  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, March 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: Nuclear reactions are fast. Really fast. Faster than billionths of a second. Your best shot at catching one is with a high-speed X-ray camera that can only be obtained from the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories. But these cameras could soon become more widely available. Sandia has partnered with Albuquerque-based startup Advanced hCMOS Systems (  more