OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: While completing his undergraduate studies in the Philippines, atmospheric chemist Christian Salvador caught a glimpse of the horizon. What he saw concerned him: a thin, black line hovering above the city.  The line, Salvador later learned, was a layer of small particles suspended in the atmosphere. These particles, called atmospheric aerosols, are often emitted di  more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs Hope for the best but prepare for the worst. Like others in their line of work, those in the Arnold Air Force Base Office of the Inspector General heed this advice. It is their adherence to this adage that led them to coordinate an active shooter exercise on Sept. 28 at Arnold AFB, headquarters of Arnold Engineering Development Complex. The primary purpo  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers used Frontier, the world's first exascale supercomputer, to simulate a magnesium system of nearly 75,000 atoms and the National Energy Research Computing Center's Perlmutter supercomputer to simulate a quasicrystal structure, above, in a ytterbium-cadmium alloy. Credit: Vikram Gavini Researchers used the world's first exascale supercomputer to run one o  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: ORNL researchers found that a polyelectrolyte additive can improve the stability and performance of a salt hydrate PCM, enhancing the potential for use in heat pumps. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers demonstrated that an additive made from polymers and electrolytes improves the thermal performance and stability of salt hyd  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) has tasked United Cleanup Oak Ridge, LLC (UCOR) with completing construction of the Mercury Treatment Facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex. DOE awarded APTIM-North Wind Construction (ANW) a contract in December 2018 to construct the facility, and with t  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: For aquatic ecologist, Natalie Griffiths, the workday starts early with a boat ride across the blue waters of Douglas Lake, one of East Tennessee's largest reservoirs. She's on a sampling run with fellow researchers from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The group is checking a series of traps set at different depths and locations. These t  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The Department of Energy's Office of Science has allocated supercomputer access to a record-breaking 75 computational science projects for 2024 through its Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment, or INCITE, program. DOE is awarding 60% of the available time on the leadership-class supercomputers at DOE's Argonne and Oak Ridge National Labo  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2023: Federal, state, local, and Italian law enforcement officials today announced that 11 individuals were charged for their roles in an international drug trafficking conspiracy that involved the importation of fentanyl, synthetic opioids, and synthetic cannabinoids into the United States, and the distribution of those drugs in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Tennessee, and elsewhere domestically  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: ORNL's Luiz Leal is the recipient of the 2023 Seaborg Medal from the American Nuclear Society. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept of Energy. The American Nuclear Society, or ANS, has named ORNL's Luiz Leal of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory the recipient of the 2023 Seaborg Medal. The award is a top tier ANS award and is an engraved bronz  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56845) 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: William Ted Ivey HQ OPS Officer: Eric Simpson Notification Date: 11/09/2023 Notification Time: 15:55 [ET] Event Date: 11/09/2023 Event Time: 11:36 [EST] Last Update Date: 11/09/2023 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR S  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56850) 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: Sean Lorson HQ OPS Officer: Dan Livermore Notification Date: 11/12/2023 Notification Time: 22:02 [ET] Event Date: 11/12/2023 Event Time: 03:00 [EST] Last Update Date: 11/12/2023 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Sect  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56850) 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: Sean Lorson HQ OPS Officer: Dan Livermore Notification Date: 11/12/2023 Notification Time: 22:02 [ET] Event Date: 11/12/2023 Event Time: 03:00 [EST] Last Update Date: 11/12/2023 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Sect  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, Rebecca C. Lutzko, issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2023: Federal, state, local, and international law enforcement officials today announced that 11 individuals were charged for their roles in an international drug trafficking conspiracy that involved the importation of fentanyl, synthetic opioids, and synthetic cannabinoids into the United States, and the distribution of those drugs in Ohio, Pennsylva  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory contributed to several chapters of the Fifth National Climate Assessment, providing expertise in complex ecosystem processes, energy systems, human dynamics, computational science and Earth-scale modeling. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Oak Ridge National Laboratory contributors to the Fifth National Climate Assessment  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The world's first exascale supercomputer will help scientists peer into the future of global climate change and open a window into weather patterns that could affect the world a generation from now. The research team used Frontier, the 1.14-exaflop HPE Cray EX supercomputer at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, to achieve record speeds in mode  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 13 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that federal Economic injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) are available in Tennessee for small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private nonprofit organizations with economic losses due to the drought conditions that began on Oct. 31, 2023. The declaration includes Anderson, Bedford,  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers from institutions including the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have created a new method for statistically analyzing climate models that projects future conditions with more fidelity. The method provides a way to adjust for models with high temperature sensitivities -- a known problem in the community. By assigning different weight  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Seven scientists from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been named among the world's most influential researchers on the 2023 Highly Cited Researchers list, according to Clarivate, a data analytics firm that specializes in scientific and academic research. "These scientists have delivered significant impact for the scientific community an  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Making room for the world's first exascale supercomputer took some supersized renovations. Frontier's 74 cabinets cover more than 7,300 square feet in the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility's data center located at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. That's a space roughly 1,700 square feet larger than that occupied by its high-speed prede  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The team that built Frontier set out to break the exascale barrier, but the supercomputer's record-breaking didn't stop there. "The exascale number marks a major milestone itself, but it also marks the beginning of a new chapter in high-speed computing," said Feiyi Wang, an Oak Ridge National Laboratory computer scientist who leads research into artificial intellige  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Just before dawn, Scott Atchley woke up for the third time, took another sip of coffee and sat down at his computer to watch the next failure.It was the morning of May 27, 2022. Atchley and fellow scientists had spent months tuning and tweaking Frontier, the $600 million supercomputer installed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The machine,  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: In 1973, physicist Phil Anderson hypothesized that the quantum spin liquid, or QSL, state existed on some triangular lattices, but he lacked the tools to delve deeper. Fifty years later, a team led by researchers associated with the Quantum Science Center headquartered at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has confirmed the presence of QSL behav  more