ARGONNE, Illinois, Nov. 30 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Looking at challenges to zinc-ion batteries * * * In the quest to be able to store renewable solar and wind energy on the electric grid to be used at times when the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing, scientists are investigating a number of different types of chemistries for large-scale batteries that could be used for grid storage. One candi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Hanford issued the following weekly report: * * * TO: Christopher J. Roscetti, Technical Director FROM: B. Caleca, P. Fox, and P. Meyer, Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Hanford Activity Report for the Week Ending November 11, 2022 Canister Storage Building (CSB): Facility management held a plant review committee (PRC) meeting to make an unreviewed safety question (USQ) determination of the recent potentia  more

LIVERMORE, California, Dec. 1 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: Hundreds of millions of tons of polymer materials are produced globally for use in a vast and ever-growing application space with new material demands such as green chemistry polymers, consumer packaging, adhesives, automotive components, fabrics and solar cells. But discovering suitable polymer materials for use in these applications lies in accur  more