WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Hanford issued the following weekly report: * * * TO: Katherine R. Herrera, Acting Technical Director FROM: B. Caleca, P. Fox, N. Huntington, and P. Meyer, Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Hanford Activity Report for the Week Ending February 24, 2023 Hanford Site: High winds resulting from an approaching cold front caused numerous power outages on site due to downed power poles. This impacted operations   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news on March 14, 2023: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the DOE Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) and DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) today announced nearly $47 million in funding for 22 research projects to advance the development of new and innovative measurement, monitoring, and mitigation technologies to help detect, quan  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Oak Ride National Laboratory issued the following weekly report: TO: Katherine R. Herrera, Acting Technical Director FROM: Clinton Jones, Resident Inspector SUBJECT: Oak Ridge Activity Report for the Week Ending February 24, 2023 Staff Activities: J. Flora remotely supported resident inspector duties. Building 9212: CNS declared a site area emergency due to a uranium fire on Wednesday, February 22. W  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Although sunshine can be harnessed to slow climate change, it rarely inspires dancing in the streets. Yet that's exactly what's expected in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, as it celebrates the completion of two new community microgrids equipped with solar panels and batteries. Solar energy could boost quality of life in the mountain town, which often loses power for weeks to  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- 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 February 10, 2023 H-Tank Farm: While maneuvering an 80-ton crane during transit, a crane operator raised the boom and rotated the crane to avoid obstacles   more