WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: A month after the major presidential disaster declaration for the Sept. 26-30 flooding from Tropical Storm Helene, Tennessee families and communities are recovering with $16.4 million in funding from FEMA as well as support from the state, other federal agencies, and voluntary and community organizations. Helene's rains devastated Eastern Tennessee, leaving mou  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: MEMPHIS, Tenn. Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz traveled to Arizona and Tennessee this week, where she highlighted historic investments from the Department of the Interior's Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) Program to expand and rehabilitate urban parks. In September, the Department announced the largest investment ever in the program's history. These inve  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news: Environmental cleanup and transformation are happening across the Oak Ridge Reservation, and leadership with Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR are focused on ways to maintain that momentum. One of the highest priorities is maintaining and attracting a workforce capable of taking on the complex projects slated in the years  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: ATLANTA (October 30, 2024) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that comprehensive reviews will be conducted of completed cleanup work at 47 Superfund sites in the Southeast. The sites, located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, will undergo a legally required Five-Year Review to ensure that previous remediation efforts at the sites  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation has been selected to receive $200,000 in grants to provide technical assistance to businesses to develop and adopt pollution prevention (P2) practices in local communities. The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation - Office of Sustainable Practices (TDEC OS  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The team has been working on the climate emulator for the past four years. This work has focused on developing the algorithms and optimizing the code to run efficiently on supercomputers with various architectures. The emulator is highly scalable and has demonstrated exceptional performance on four of the world's top 10 most powerful supercomputers, including the F  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Dr. Kathryn McCarthy, director of the US ITER Project at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been awarded the 2024 E. Gail de Planque Medal by the American Nuclear Society, or ANS. The E. Gail de Planque Medal recognizes exemplary accomplishments by a woman in the fields of nuclear science and engineering and will be presented November 18 at   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news story: MILLINGTON, Tennessee - Navy Recruiting Command (NRC) today announced its recruitment goals for Fiscal Year 2025, while acknowledging the significant achievements of Fiscal Year 2024. With a commitment to building a mission-ready force, the Navy will continue to focus on innovative strategies and outreach to meet the evolving needs of the Fleet. For Fiscal Year 2025, the Navy has set a target to recruit 40,600 new Sailors. Th  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The Department of Energy's Office of Electricity, in partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has launched an experimental platform for energy sector-related data with enhanced emphasis on governance and usability. The Open Energy Hub is a connection hub of datasets from various sources including federal, state, academia and private sector entities that provid  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Science, technology, engineering and math students from colleges across the nation who participate in the next U.S. Department of Energy Building Technologies Office's JUMP into STEM competition will tackle three new challenges: building affordability, peak power demand and indoor comfort in extreme climates. Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a co-sponsor of JUMP in  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: A team of researchers used the Frontier supercomputer at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and a new methodology for conducting a genome-wide association study, or GWAS, to earn a finalist nomination for the Association for Computing Machinery's 2024 Gordon Bell Prize for outstanding achievement in high-performance computing, or HPC. GWAS is a   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The material is made from pine wood flour and polylactic acid polymer, which is biodegradable. "The next step is to test the composite's long-term properties, such as how well it degrades," said ORNL's Xianhui "Andy" Zhao, who specializes in biobased materials. The material has potential for other artificial wildlife habitats, like bird boxes and bee hotels, and cou  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Y-12 National Security Complex issued the following news release: * * * Students from four counties join manufacturing competition * * * Middle school students will soon be visiting the floors of local manufacturing facilities as they learn about operations and career opportunities in the area. Now in its 10th year, the "Dream it. Do it." program pairs industry partners with middle school teams to educate students about careers  more