ARGONNE, Illinois, Jan. 21 (TNSJou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: Beam-driven wakefield acceleration approaches are promising candidates for future large-scale machines, including X-ray free electron lasers and linear colliders, as they have the potential to improve efficiency and reduce operation cost. One of the key factors that drives this efficiency improvement involves manipulating the temporal distribution of beams of el  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- The Energy Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. DOE-OIG-21-08) entitled "Contingency Planning Efforts for Information Technology Mission Support Systems at Selected Department of Energy Locations" on Dec 17: Memorandum for the Under Secretary for Science, Acting Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration From: Sarah B. Nelson, Assistant Inspector General for Technology, Financial, and Analytics, Office of Inspector General Subject: Audit  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Jan. 22 -- Florida State University's National High Magnetic Field Laboratory issued the following news release: The Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and the Tallahassee-based MagCorp have inked a five-year agreement to share resources and intellectual property rights in an effort to strengthen relationships between the university and private industry. "This agreement is a wonderful opportunity for the experts at our National   more

LIVERMORE, California, Jan. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: As an experimentalist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) developing diagnostics and experimental techniques in the field of dynamic high-pressure physics, Peter Celliers is on the path of leading a national topical group of the American Physical Society (APS). Celliers was recently elected to the executive committee as vice-chair of the Ameri  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following weekly report: MEMORANDUM FOR: Christopher J. Roscetti, Technical Director FROM: J.W. Plaue and D. Gutowski, Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for Week Ending December 25, 2020 Transuranic Waste Management: Last Thursday, Triad management declared potential inadequacies of the safety analysis (PISA) at the Plutonium Facility, the  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following weekly report: MEMORANDUM FOR: Christopher J. Roscetti, Technical Director FROM: J.W. Plaue and D. Gutowski, Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for Week Ending January 1, 2021 The Year on a Page: A summary of the key developments of 2020. * Triad and N3B implemented a control set and an onsite testing program to allow some progra  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Jan. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: The eXtremeMAT team will provide a webinar presentation Thursday, Jan. 21 to American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) committee members, providing information and feedback including how eXtremeMAT's work may impact ASME standards in the future. The presentation, "Accelerating the Development of Extreme Environment Materials," will summarize the team's rec  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Jan. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news on Jan. 19: Energy trends are changing, which means the nation's energy infrastructure must change too, including the designs of transformational power technologies like ultra-supercritical steam plants and supercritical carbon-dioxide power systems. To operate efficiently at higher temperatures and pressures, power plants of the future will need new affordable m  more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Jan. 23 (TNSAwa) -- New Mexico State University issued the following news: The U.S. Small Business Administration has recognized the New Mexico Federal and State Technology Partnership Program, housed at New Mexico State University's Arrowhead Center, with the 2020 Tibbetts Award in recognition of the program's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) achievements. The Tibbetts Award, named after SBIR program founder Roland  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on Jan. 19: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) participated in a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing to consider the nomination of retired U.S. Army General Lloyd Austin to be Secretary of Defense. In the hearing, Senator Heinrich, who has served as Ranking Member of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee and is the co-founder of the Senate Space Force Caucus, stressed the importance of prioritizing   more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Jan. 20 -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news on Jan. 19: Nuclear engineering professor Dr. Jim Morel was recently named a 2020 distinguished alumnus of the University of New Mexico. Today, Morel is one of the world's leading experts on computational methods, especially for particle transport problems. Morel completed his Ph.D. in nuclear engineering at the university in 1980 and worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory as a technica  more