FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Aug. 29 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2024-00152) on Aug. 28, 2024: * * * In the Matter of: Electronic Application Of Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. For A Certificate Of Public Convenience And Necessity To Convert Its Wet Flue Gas Desulfurization System From A Quicklime Reagent Process To A Limestone Reagent Handling System At Its East Bend Generating Station And For Approval To Amend Its Environmental Compliance Plan For Recove  more

BAYREUTH, Germany, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Bayreuth issued the following news release: * * * A research alliance between the Free State of Bavaria and the Australian state of Queensland was launched in April 2024. It is coordinated by the University of Bayreuth. Start-up funding has now been awarded to research projects for the first time. * * * Bavaria's Science Minister Markus Blume emphasizes: "We are separated by around 15,000 kilometers, but we are bringing together excell  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 28 -- The Louisiana Bucket Brigade, an organization that says it works with towns and neighborhoods next to the state's oil refineries, chemical plants and other petrochemical infrastructure, the places that are impacted by pollution, issued the following news release: After World War II, Black people in Houston found the rare chance to buy a nice home in the new community of Pleasantville, Texas. But in the years that followed, officials routed the Interstate 610 l  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued a 67-page report in March 2024 entitled "Pathways to Commercial Liftoff: Next-Generation Geothermal Power." The report was written by Doug Blankenship, Charles Gertler, Mohamed Kamaludeen, Michael O'Connor and Sean Porse. Here is the executive summary: Geothermal power technology has shown compelling advances that can enable it to become a key contributor to secure, domestic, decarbonized power generation for the U.S. as a source of   more

HAMILTON, Ontario, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- McMaster University issued the following news: By Daniella Fiorentino Twelve McMaster undergraduate students gained hands-on nuclear research experience this summer as part of the CNL Nuclear Undergraduate Research Experience program. Hosted by McMaster University, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) and Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), the program enables students enrolled in Level II or above in the Faculties of Engineering and Science to develo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a policy statement and issuance, published in the Federal Register on Aug. 23, 2024, entitled "Interim Enforcement Policy for Dispositioning Violations With Respect to Large Components or Robust Structures Containing Category 1 or Category 2 Quantities of Radioactive Material." SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an Interim Enforcement Policy that allows staff to exercise enforcement discretion for  more

LA JOLLA, California, Aug. 28 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: They're tackling challenges of degenerative diseases, developing new statistical genetics algorithms, using artificial intelligence to improve data-driven decision-making and more. To date in 2024, eight early-career researchers at the University of California San Diego have received awards from the National Science Foundation's Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER), furthering  more

LONDON, England, Aug. 29 (TNSres) -- Imperial College-London issued the following news: * * * Imperial research has found limits to how quickly we can scale up technology to store gigatonnes of carbon dioxide under the Earth's surface. * * * By Diana Cano Bordajandi and Caroline Brogan Current international scenarios for limiting global warming to less than 1.5 degrees by the end of the century rely on technologies that remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the Earth's atmosphere faster than hum  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: * * * UChicago poet wins Four Quartets Prize--the latest award for work inspired by her time at the Met in New York * * * By Sara Patterson When Prof. Robyn Schiff sat at the information desk at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, she felt as if, "I was living my life at the center of the world." Nearly 30 years later, Schiff transformed her experiences into an epic poem, expertly weaving its  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Aug. 28 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The University of Wyoming's ability to use artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing to solve problems in areas including the environment, energy, agriculture and public health will take a major step forward through a nearly $4 million grant to acquire state-of-the-art computing infrastructure from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The three-year, $3.9 million award includes $3.25 m  more