CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee., July 10 (TNSPro) -- Chattanooga State Community College issued the following news release: Chattanooga State Community College offers an Associate Degree of Applied Science in Engineering Technology with a concentration in Radiation Protection. There has been an increase in demand for radiological control technicians. This need will grow over the next few years regionally and nationally, with companies in Oak Ridge, TN, as well as Savannah River Site and across the nati  more

BUFFALO, New York, July 10 (TNSRes) -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: * * * Event reduces barriers to research, providing students with hands-on experience in using complex computing tools * * * If a workshop devoted to scientific software for computing molecular dynamics sounds highly specialized, it is. But a summer program hosted by the University at Buffalo demonstrates why such events are also a critical part of science. In   more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- 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: D. Gutowski, Resident Inspector SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for Week Ending June 18, 2021 Transuranic Waste Management: Last Thursday, workers identified a transuranic waste drum on an outdoor storage pad with a corroded drum filter. They promptly tagged and segre  more

HOLLAND, Michigan, July 9 (TNSPer) -- Hope College issued the following news: The Hope College Board of Trustees has appointed two new members. Newly elected for three-year terms are Andrew Ohm of Seattle, Washington, and Laura Paredes of the New York metropolitan area. The appointments became effective on July 1. Re-elected to a four-year term is the Rev. Dr. Nathan Hart of Greenwich, Connecticut. Trustees who have concluded service on the board are the Rev. David Bast of Grand Rapids, Mich  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release on July 7, 2021: The Department of Energy recently awarded $14 million to form a Sandia National Laboratories-led center to improve the understanding of perovskite-based photovoltaic technologies and determine the best tests to evaluate the new solar panels' lifetimes. The efficiency of perovskite-based solar cells has reached 25%, approaching the levels of common c  more

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) joined Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), along with Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), in introducing the Restore and Modernize Our National Labs Act, a bill that would invest $30 billion in deferred maintenance projects and infrastructure improvements at America's National Labs. The Department of Energy's (DOE) National Laboratories are experiencing a maintenance backlog fro  more