LA GRANGE PARK, Illinois, Dec. 8 (TNSJou) -- The American Nuclear Society issued the following news: A special issue of the ANS journal Nuclear Technology, published last month, observes the 75th anniversary of the Trinity experiment, the world's first nuclear explosion, on July 16, 1945, near Alamogordo, N.M. The experiment was a first step toward the conclusion of the Manhattan Project and the end of World War II. The special issue, The Manhattan Project Nuclear Science and Technology Develop  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Dec. 8 (TNSOps) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: The Texas A&M University Engineering Advisory Council (EAC) has established the Dr. M. Katherine Banks Endowed Chair in Engineering in honor of the former vice chancellor and dean of the College of Engineering and current president of Texas A&M. The EAC met on Nov. 5 and surprised Banks with the news of the established endowed chair in her honor. An endowed chair is the highest a  more

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Florida, Dec. 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news on Dec. 8, 2021: By Susan A. Romano Air Force Technical Applications Center Scientists and engineers from the Air Force Technical Applications Center had the rare opportunity to see the realization of their work aboard the Department of Defense's Space Test Program Satellite 6, or STPSat-6, and witness the fruits of their labor hurtle into the at  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- 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 November 19, 2021 Transuranic Waste Facility (TWF): On Monday, TWF personnel identified that they had not completed three required monthly surveillances supporting compliance with the facil  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: The House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022 that included Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez's (D-NM) amendments to help those impacted by PFAS contamination. The FY 2020 NDAA allowed the Air Force to purchase or provide relocation assistance to landowners affected by PFAS, including in New Mexico. Rep. Leger Fernandez's amendment requires the   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 7 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: University of Texas at Austin researchers have created a new sodium-based battery material that is highly stable, capable of recharging as quickly as a traditional lithium-ion battery and able to pave the way toward delivering more energy than current battery technologies. For about a decade, scientists and engineers have been developing sodium batteries, which replace both lithium and cobalt used in c  more