WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (TNSrep) -- The Energy Inspector General issued the following report entitled "Fiscal 2023 Performance Plan." Here are excerpts: * * * TABLE OF CONTENTS Overview ... 1 Our Organization ... 1 Agency Performance Plan: 2023 ... 4 * * * OVERVIEW In accordance with Federal statute and regulations,/1 in April 2022, the Inspector General released the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Inspector General Strategic Plan 2022 - 2026./2 This report articulates the Office of  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (TNStalk) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following commentary on Jan. 5, 2023: * * * Ultrasound Technology Helps With Brewing Better Beer By Chemical Engineer James Coons With the new year upon us, many beer lovers will be spreading the cheer at one of our great local brewpubs. As they hoist a tasty toast to new beginnings, not many revelers are likely to pause to ponder the effort that went into creating their brew. The anci  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: Researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory are part of a team that, for the first time, recorded the sound of a Martian dust devil. The results were published in Nature Communications. "We were able to record, for the first time on Mars, the sound of a dust devil passing over the rover and sand grains impacting the structure of the rover," said Baptiste Chide, a Lab pos  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Savannah River Site issued the following weekly report: TO: Katherine R. Herrera, Acting Technical Director FROM: A. Z. Kline, L. Lin, Z. C. McCabe, and E. P. Richardson, Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Savannah River Site Activity Report for Week Ending December 9, 2022 DNFSB Staff Activity: SRS Environmental Management Cognizant Engineer (COG) D. Campbell was on site for routine observations. L. Lin trav  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Jan. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: A pair of NETL employees -- Alexandra "Ale" Hakala, Ph.D., and Joseph Stoffa, PhD. -- have been named Fellows in the 2023 cohort of the Oppenheimer Science and Energy Leadership Program (OSELP), the premier, yearlong leadership development initiative of the National Laboratory Directors' Council (NLDC). Hakala and Stoffa will join 32 other individuals fr  more