WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (TNSJou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news release: When it comes to nuclear power, the uranium at the heart of fuel rods is also this power source's Achilles' heel. When power plants shut down or the fuel rods in nuclear reactors become inefficient, the high-level nuclear waste resulting from the spent fuel created from running these plants could stay radioactive for thousands of years. Disposal concepts call   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- 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 December 24, 2021 Plutonium Facility-Safety Basis: The NNSA Field Office responded to Triad's latest revision of the Evaluation of the Safety of the Situation (ESS) for overpressurization   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- 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 December 31, 2021 Year in Review: A summary of the key developments of 2021. * The pace of work in the Plutonium Facility continued to increase, especially construction work on the backsh  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Jan. 21 (TNSRes) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: A new version of the Energy Exascale Earth System Model, or E3SM, is two times faster than an earlier version released in 2018. Earth system models have weather-scale resolution and use advanced computers to simulate aspects of Earth's variability and anticipate decadal changes that will critically impact the U.S. energy sector in coming years. Scientists   more