ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, June 28 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news on June 27, 2023: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs AEDC Fellow John M. Rampy will be remembered for his contributions to Arnold Engineering Development Complex following his passing June 15 at the age of 86. He is credited with helping guide AEDC through a variety of endeavors, showcasing his leadership, insight, vision and mentoring ability. He was honored as an AEDC Fellow in 1996. The   more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, June 29 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news on June 28, 2023: The Condition-Based Maintenance team at Arnold Air Force Base can now see the whole picture when conducting leak checks and electrical inspections. The group obtained an acoustic imager to identify leaks in compressed air, gas and vacuum systems. It also reveals the locations of electrical partial discharge, a situation that, if left unchecked, could result in system failure a  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 (TNSconf) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news brief: * * * Who: U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division U.S. Department of Labor's Women's Bureau U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Tennessee Department of Health Division of Family Health and Wellness What: "Working Mothers: What to Expect from Your Employer When You're Expecting" webinar When: July 11, 2023, 1-3 p.m. CDT Where: Register online to attend   more

HERMITAGE, Tennessee, June 23 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: A federal court in Nashville has affirmed the findings of an investigation that determined a Tennessee security and traffic control services provider and its owner misclassified 105 workers as independent contractors, including some who worked as security guards in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. On May 26, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56592) involving Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Tennessee: * * * Facility: Sequoyah Region: 2 State: TN Unit: [1] [2] [] RX Type: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP NRC Notified By: Christopher Blackwell HQ OPS Officer: Ernest West Notification Date: 06/27/2023 Notification Time: 11:52 [ET] Event Date: 06/27/2023 Event Time: 08:31 [EDT] Last Update Date: 06/27/2023 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 C  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56592) involving Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Tennessee: * * * Facility: Sequoyah Region: 2 State: TN Unit: [1] [2] [] RX Type: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP NRC Notified By: Christopher Blackwell HQ OPS Officer: Ernest West Notification Date: 06/27/2023 Notification Time: 11:52 [ET] Event Date: 06/27/2023 Event Time: 08:31 [EDT] Last Update Date: 06/27/2023 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 C  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56593) 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: Paul Blakely HQ OPS Officer: Ernest West Notification Date: 06/27/2023 Notification Time: 19:04 [ET] Event Date: 06/27/2023 Event Time: 16:26 [EDT] Last Update Date: 06/27/2023 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Secti  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56593) 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: Paul Blakely HQ OPS Officer: Ernest West Notification Date: 06/27/2023 Notification Time: 19:04 [ET] Event Date: 06/27/2023 Event Time: 16:26 [EDT] Last Update Date: 06/27/2023 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Secti  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 27 (TNStalk) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following commentary on June 26, 2023: * * * Kenneth Herwig: Right on target for 25 years in neutron science By Kenneth W Herwig STS Technical Director Kenneth Herwig's scientific drive crystallized in his youth when he solved a tough algebra word problem in his head while tossing newspapers from his bicycle. He said the joy he felt in that moment as a teenager fueled his deter  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: With the world's first exascale supercomputer now fully open for scientific business, researchers can thank the early users who helped get the machine up to speed. Frontier set a new record for computational power when the HPE Cray EX supercomputer at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory debuted in May 2022 at 1.1 exaflops, or 1.1 quinti  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 30 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have developed a method to simplify one step of radioisotope production - and it's faster and safer. ORNL produces several radionuclides from irradiated radium-226 targets, including actinium-227 and thorium-228, both used in cancer treatments. Continuously improving isotopes for human health is one of the lab's mis  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 28 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The U.S. electric grid is more than just power plants and transmission lines - it's a web of connections among millions of small components, working together to allow you to flick on the lights when you walk in the door. That mechanical switch is only the last of many between the power plant and your home. Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 29 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory were the first to use neutron reflectometry to peer inside a working solid-state battery and monitor its electrochemistry. They discovered that its excellent performance results from an extremely thin layer, across which charged lithium atoms quickly flow as they move from anode to catho  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 28 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Tristen Mullins enjoys the hidden side of computers. As a signals processing engineer for the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, she tries to uncover information hidden in components used on the nation's power grid - information that may be susceptible to cyberattacks. "I derive hidden information about a device by looking at what's happening outs  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 28 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Creating energy the way the sun and stars do - through nuclear fusion - is one of the grand challenges facing science and technology. What's easy for the sun and its billions of relatives turns out to be particularly difficult on Earth. On Earth, scientists must generate, confine and sustain a superhot gas called plasma - heated to 10 times the temperature of the ce  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 28 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news release: Since 2018, ORISE has hosted scholarship competitions twice a year for all undergraduates as a way to increase awareness about ORISE programs among young college students. The competitions achieve this increased visibility by asking the undergrads to research and create a product on a topic that is of special interest to DOE. The idea for the 2023 sp  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. issued the following news release on June 29, 2023: * * * PACE Industry Plan Averts Insolvency and Reduction of Benefits Through Receipt of Special Financial Assistance * * * The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced today that it has approved the application submitted to the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Program by the PACE Industry Union-Management Pension Fund (PACE Industry Plan). The plan, based in Nashville,  more

GREENEVILLE, Tennessee, June 29 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Francis M. Hamilton III, issued the following news release: On June 26, 2023, following a four-day trial in the United States District Court at Greeneville, a jury convicted Terrance Lamont Hines, Jr., 41, of Kingsport, Tenn., of conspiring to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl resulting in death in violation of 21 U.S.C. Sec.Sec. 846, 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A) and 851; possession of 40 grams or more of  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, June 29 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Francis M. Hamilton III, issued the following news release: On June 28, 2023, Sarrah Denton Willhite, 35, of Gatlinburg Tennessee was sentenced to 27 months in prison by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, United States District Judge, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville. As part of a plea agreement filed with the court, Willhite agreed to plead guilty to an  more

JACKSON, Tennessee, June 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, Kevin G. Ritz, issued the following news release on June 26, 2023: United States District Judge S. Thomas Anderson sentenced a Weakley County woman to 96 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release following her guilty plea to possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. Kevin Ritz, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.   more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on June 28, 2023: A Tennessee man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges related to his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election. Michael Asbury, 43, of Knoxville, Tenness  more