WASHINGTON, July 13 -- 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: A. Boussouf, D. Gutowski, and J. Plaue, Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for Week Ending June 24, 2022 DNFSB Staff Activity: After nine years at LANL and four years at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, J. Plaue completed his service in the fie  more

CINCINNATI, Ohio, July 11 (TNSawa) -- The Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release on July 11, 2022: The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) awarded the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Management and Operating (M&O) Contract to Tularosa Basin Range Services, LLC (TBRS), located in Reston, Virginia. TBRS is a single purpose entity comprised of Bechtel National, Inc. TBRS will utilize Los Alamos Technical Associa  more

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, July 14 (TNSres) -- Purdue University issued the following news release: Star birth, star death, exoplanets, galaxies and a window that looks back to the universe 13.1 billion years ago: That's what the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) delivered when it released its first handful of scientific images on Tuesday (July 12). As he has from the beginning, astronomer Danny Milisavljevic watched with fellow astronomers, witnessing the universe unfold before his eyes. "Thes  more