OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Three researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been named ORNL Corporate Fellows in recognition of significant career accomplishments and continued leadership in their scientific fields. Ilias Belharouak, Grace Burke and Phil Snyder represent ORNL's strengths in battery technology, materials science and fusion energy rese  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A criminal complaint was unsealed today charging Edward Kelley, 33, of Maryville, Tennessee, and Austin Carter, 26, of Knoxville, Tennessee, with conspiracy, retaliating against a federal official, interstate communication of a threat, and solicitation to commit a crime of violence. Kelley and Carter made their initial appearance in federal court today in Knoxville before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jill E. McCoo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56274) involving Watts Bar, Tennessee: * * * Facility: Watts Bar Region: 2 State: TN Unit: [1] RX Type: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP NRC Notified By: Brian McIlnay HQ OPS Officer: Bill Gott Notification Date: 12/15/2022 Notification Time: 12:52 [ET] Event Date: 11/24/2022 Event Time: 16:21 [EST] Last Update Date: 12/15/2022 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section: 50.73(a)(1) - Inv  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Dec. 23 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release on Dec. 22, 2022: Jeremy Busby has been named associate laboratory director for the Fusion and Fission Energy and Science Directorate at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, effective Jan. 1. He will oversee the directorate's unique facilities, capabilities and talented scientists and engineers who are tackling such challenges as extendi  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Seven scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been named Battelle Distinguished Inventors, in recognition of their obtaining 14 or more patents during their careers at the lab. The honorees join an elite group of inventors recognized by Battelle, the Columbus, Ohio, research firm that co-manages the lab through the UT-Battelle par  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2022: The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its cleanup contractor United Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR) recently completed a project that clears land for an important new facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12). Crews finished demolishing the former Biology Complex at Y-12 last year  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release: DOE's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) maintained its momentum in 2022, accomplishing ambitious EM priorities, altering skylines and advancing key projects essential to up-and-coming cleanup. The successful year was punctuated by the completion of two projects deemed EM priorities for 2022. In the first, employees began processing h  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Dec. 22 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The Oppenheimer Science and Energy Leadership Program, or OSELP, has selected Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Jens Dilling and Christian Petrie as fellows for its 2023 cohort. Dilling is director of the Office of Institutional Strategic Planning, and Petrie is a group leader in the Nuclear Energy and Fuel Cycle Division. "The Oppenheimer program allows a u  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- The White House issued the following news release: On Tuesday, December 20, 2022, the President signed into law: H.R. 6722, which designates the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in French Camp, California, as the Richard A. Pittman VA Clinic; Thank you to Representatives McNerney and Harder, Senators Feinstein and Padilla, and the California delegation for their leadership. * * * H.R. 6863, which designates the medical center of the De  more