HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, May 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Alabama issued the following news: By Jim Steele Nine Alabama universities and one private firm are partnered in a new $20 million, five-year effort led by the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) to develop transformative technologies in plasma science and engineering (PSE) funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). The goals of the "Future Technologies enabled   more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The Department of Energy's Office of Science Atmospheric Radiation Measurement facility issued the following news: Houston, Texas, is a subtropical metropolis of 2.3 million people. Thunderstorms in or near the city occur every month. But nature delivers convective storms most frequently during summers. That's when reservoirs of warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico clash with cooler, drier air from the north. The warm air then lifts-convects-upward to form clouds and t  more

AUBURN, Alabama, May 19 (TNSres) -- Auburn University issued the following news: Auburn University is part of a $20 million collaboration among nine Alabama universities and one private firm to develop transformative technologies in plasma science and engineering, or PSE. The five-year effort--which is being led by the University of Alabama in Huntsville, or UAH--is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, or NSF, Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, or EPSCoR.  more

AUBURN, Alabama, May 20 (TNSres) -- Auburn University's College of Engineering issued the following news: * * * National Science Foundation-funded partnership to be five-year effort * * * Auburn University is part of a $20 million collaboration among nine Alabama universities and one private firm to develop transformative technologies in plasma science and engineering, or PSE. The five-year effort--which is being led by the University of Alabama in Huntsville, or UAH--is funded by a grant f  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The Energy Inspector General issued the following audit report (DOE-OIG-22-31) on May 6, 2022, entitled "Followup on Issues Management at the Los Alamos National Laboratory": * * * MEMORANDUM FOR THE MANAGER, LOS ALAMOS FIELD OFFICE The attached report discusses our review of the Issues Management program at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. This report contains one recommendation that, if fully implemented, should help ensure that program requirements are met. Manage  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies issued the following statement by Jill Hruby, undersecretary of Energy for nuclear security, involving a hearing on May 11, 2022, on the fiscal 2023 budget request. Hruby is also the administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration. * * * Thank you for the opportunity to present the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget for the Department of Energy's (DOE) National   more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies issued the following statement byWilliam 'Ike' White, senior advisor for the Office of Environmental Management, involving a hearing on May 11, 2022, on the fiscal 2023 budget request: * * * It is an honor to appear before you today to represent the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM). EM's mission represents the government's strong commitment to cl  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- 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 and J. Plaue, Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for Week Ending April 29, 2022 Wildland Fire: Last Friday, during an epic high wind event, a fire of unknown origin started west of the laboratory in the Jemez Mountains. The fire, designated  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, May 17 (TNStalk) -- The Los Alamos Study Group issued the following agency statement: * * * We believe the unprecedented lack of debate, speed, and scale, of executive and congressional war actions against nuclear-armed Russia, in the absence of any prior specific or credible national security threat to the United States, and in the absence of any diplomatic efforts whatsoever, instead with the stated intent to deepen and extend the war "months or years" for purposes t  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on May 18, 2022: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) participated in an Appropriations Subcommittee hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Submission for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). WATCH: Heinrich Discusses Effective Federal Safety Coordination Efforts Around Los Alamos With NNSA Administrator During Hearing [HD DOWNLOAD LINK HERE: http://ct.symplicity.com/t/hnh/d8b5e2  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on May 19, 2022: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), today questioned the Honorable Jill Hruby, Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), on how the Department of Energy's fiscal year 2023 budget request does not keep nuclear modernization programs on track. Inhofe: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Madam Secretary, you answered   more