LIVERMORE, California, Sept. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2023: Members of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL's) Advanced Sources and Detectors (ASD) Scorpius accelerator team recently marked a major milestone in the project -- the delivery of 24 line-replaceable units (LRUs), known as pulsers, forming a complete unit cluster. The LRUs will power the Scorpius electron beam accelerator, whi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following weekly report: TO: Timothy J. Dwyer, Acting Technical Director FROM: A. Boussouf and D. Gutowski, Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for the Week Ending August 18, 2023 Staff Activity: Y. Li was on site to attend a Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Update workshop. N3B-Training: Last week, Environmental Remediation personnel discover  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following weekly report: TO: Timothy J. Dwyer, Acting Technical Director FROM: A. Boussouf and D. Gutowski, Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for the Week Ending August 25, 2023 Staff Activity: M. Sautman gave a presentation on DNFSB activities in New Mexico to the Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Committee of the New Mexico State Legi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Using the Summit supercomputer, Los Alamos algorithm breaks the exabyte barrier * * * A machine-learning algorithm demonstrated the capability to process data that exceeds a computer's available memory by identifying a massive data set's key features and dividing them into manageable batches that don't choke computer hardware. Developed at Los Alamos National Labor  more

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, Sept. 14 -- The National Park Service Manhattan Project National Historical Park issued the following news release: Manhattan Project National Historical Park selected Tom Smith as the first permanent site manager of Manhattan Project National Historical Park's Los Alamos site. The National Historical Park consists of three sites in Los Alamos, New Mexico; Hanford, Washington; and Oak Ridge Tennessee. The position will report to the park superintendent and will oversee t  more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Sept. 14 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Energy is pairing minority-serving institutions like New Mexico State University with DOE national labs in a novel way. It's called Funding for Accelerated, Inclusive Research (FAIR). Matthew Sievert, NMSU physics assistant professor and principal investigator on the project, will receive a $500,000 FAIR award over three years. Ivan Vitev, a senior physicist at Los Alamos National   more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Sept. 12 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news: A new bachelor's of science degree in computer engineering is being offered by the College of Engineering at New Mexico State University. Computer engineering is one of the most sought-after degrees by employers and has one of the highest entry-level salaries among the various engineering disciplines. There are more than seven job postings for every computer engineering graduate, with an average beginning  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: CO2-SCREEN, a user-friendly, yet sophisticated tool developed by a team of NETL researchers to estimate the feasibility of storing captured carbon dioxide (CO2) in underground geological environments, continues to attract a wide range of international users as the world intensifies efforts to address climate change. To date, the CO2-SCREEN tool has bee  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Sept. 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: * * * Sandia Labs team seeks partnerships to develop anti-counterfeit, anti-tamper tech * * * A high-tech invisible ink invented at Sandia National Laboratories could become the newest tool for stopping counterfeit goods. The research team is now seeking partnerships to help develop and ultimately commercialize the new technology. Beyond their negativ  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 --Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on Sept. 7, 2023, entitled "To Examine Recent Advances in Artificial Intelligence and the Department of Energy's Role in Ensuring U.S. Competitiveness and Security in Emerging Technologies": * * * * The committee will come to order. * Our hearing today is kicking off Senate discussions for the fall on a very timely topic -  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following testimony by Andrew Wheeler, vice president and director of Hewlett Packard Labs at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, involving a hearing on Sept. 7, 2023, entitled "To Examine Recent Advances in Artificial Intelligence and the Department of Energy's Role in Ensuring U.S. Competitiveness and Security in Emerging Technologies": * * * Chairman Manchin, Ranking Member Barrasso, and distinguished members of th  more

AIKEN, South Carolina, Sept. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site issued the following news release: In August 2020, the Savannah River Site (SRS) and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), located in Los Alamos, New Mexico, launched the Knowledge Transfer Program (KTP). This marked the first official joint training effort between the two sites, both designated by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to produce the plutonium pits needed for restoring the nati  more