OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Lori Diachin will take over as director of the Department of Energy's Exascale Computing Project on June 1, guiding the successful, multi-institutional high-performance computing effort through its final stages. Diachin, who is currently the principal deputy associate director for LLNL's Computing Directorate, has served as E  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56541) involving Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Tennessee: * * * Facility: Watts Bar Region: 2 State: TN Unit: [2] [] [] RX Type: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP NRC Notified By: Joanne Dehay HQ OPS Officer: Ian Howard Notification Date: 05/25/2023 Notification Time: 17:02 [ET] Event Date: 05/25/2023 Event Time: 13:45 [EDT] Last Update Date: 05/25/2023 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 31 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release on May 30, 2023: When reading the novel Jurassic Park as a teenager, Jerry Parks found the passages about gene sequencing and supercomputers fascinating, but never imagined he might someday pursue such futuristic-sounding science. Fast-forward to today when Parks has achieved a broad range of real-life discoveries based on an understanding of the molecular processes th  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 1 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: According to its website the journal "publishes high-quality research papers that apply computational approaches for the design of new materials, and for enhancing our understanding of existing ones. New computational techniques - and the refinement of current approaches - that facilitate these aims are also welcome, as are experimental papers that complement  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 2 (TNSpar) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: It's official: A partnership between Pellissippi State Community College and Oak Ridge National Laboratory is set to bring new career options to students and a stronger workforce to the national lab. On May 31, representatives from the college and the U.S. Department of Energy's ORNL signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the new Chemical Radiation Technol  more

ROBINS AFB, Georgia, June 3 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Air Force Robins Air Force Base issued the following news: By Deb Henley, 505th Command and Control Wing Public Affairs, 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Detachment 2 Two northwest Tennessee rural county residents took part in the 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Detachment 2's change of command ceremony on May 19 at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. Lt. Col. Dierk Seifert, Martin, Tennessee native, was on stage to relinquish his command to  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, June 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on May 31, 2023: Two members of the self-styled 2nd American Militia who conspired to go "to war with border patrol" have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to a conspiracy to murder Border Patrol officers, which ended in a shootout with FBI agents who arrested them on the eve of their planned trip to the United States - Mexico border.   more