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Tipoffs for Santa Fe, New Mexico (Los Alamos) Newsletter for Sunday June 16, 2024 ( 8 items )  

BLS - Southwest Region Issues Report Entitled 'County Employment and Wages in New Mexico - Fourth Quarter 2023'
DALLAS, Texas, June 15 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 14, 2024, entitled "County Employment and Wages in New Mexico - Fourth Quarter 2023": * * * Employment rose 1.1 percent in Bernalillo, New Mexico's only large county, from December 2022 to December 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (Large counties are those with annual average employment levels of 75,000  more

Carbon Storage Assessment Tool Upgraded, Released by NETL
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL has released version five of a user-friendly, sophisticated database that can be used to estimate the carbon dioxide (CO2) storage potential of underground geological environments, helping stakeholders make more informed decisions that could improve the efficiency, safety and long-term stability of CO2 storage operations. NETL's updated CO2-SCREEN   more

DOE Argonne National Laboratory: Scientists Find New Way to Enhance Durability of Lithium Batteries
ARGONNE, Illinois, June 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * New nickel-rich cathodes could allow batteries to store more energy * * * Safe and efficient energy storage is important for American prosperity and security. With the adoption of both renewable energy sources and electric vehicles on the rise around the world, it is no surprise that research into a new generation of batteries is a major focus. Researche  more

Los Alamos Activity Report for the Week Ending May 17, 2024
WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following weekly report for week ending May 17, 2024: * * * TO: Timothy J. Dwyer, Technical Director FROM: D. Gutowski, Resident Inspector SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for the Week Ending May 17, 2024 Plutonium Facility-Emergency Response: On Tuesday, workers smelled a chlorine-like odor in a wing of the Plutonium Facility and reported respiratory irrit  more

Los Alamos Activity Report for the Week Ending May 24, 2024
WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following weekly report for week ending May 24, 2024: * * * TO: Timothy J. Dwyer, Technical Director FROM: D. Gutowski, Resident Inspector SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for the Week Ending May 24, 2024 Staff Activity: A. Boussouf was on site Tuesday and Wednesday to observe the site annual emergency exercise and to provide resident inspector support. Em  more

NSPE Celebrates the Completion of the 2024 Emerging Leaders Program by Thirteen Rising Engineers
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 14 -- The National Society of Professional Engineers issued the following news release: The National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) is pleased to recognize thirteen talented professionals who recently completed the Society's Emerging Leaders Program. This diverse group of young professionals was selected from around the country to take part in an intensive, unique enterprise designed to equip them as leaders in the engineering field. "The Emerging Leaders P  more

Restoring the Efficacy of COVID Therapeutics
WASHINGTON, June 14 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news on June 13, 2024: * * * Combining computational and experimental approaches helps researchers address the efficacy of antibodies * * * Researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory are helping restore the efficacy of Evusheld, a therapeutic used to treat COVID infections. The results were published today in Nature. "As COVID mutated, many therapeutics became less effect  more

Texas A&M System Part of BWXT-Led Team Awarded $30 Billion Management and Operating Contract for National Nuclear Security Administration's Pantex Plant
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, June 15 -- The Texas A&M University System issued the following news release: BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- The Texas A&M University System was chosen by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration as part of a group to manage and operate the Pantex Plant, which maintains the safety, security, and effectiveness of the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile. "It is a privilege to be part of the management of another component of the country's n  more