WASHINGTON, July 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: In June, the Laboratory and subcontractor Hensel Phelps completed concrete placements for four warehouses that will provide more than 80,000 square feet - an area about one-and-a-half times the size of a football field - of additional storage capacity and workspace. * * * Key step in supporting the pit production mission Approximately 5,000 cubic yards of concrete were laid for t  more

ARGONNE, Illinois, July 21 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Pumped storage hydropower stores energy to provide constant power during intermittent weather in Alaska * * * Alaska is warming faster than any other state. Pumped storage hydropower has the potential to integrate more wind and solar into the energy grid to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions driving climate change in the state. From rapidly melting gla  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- 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: Frank Harshman, Resident Inspector; David Andersen, Acting Resident Inspector SUBJECT: Oak Ridge Activity Report for Week Ending June 30, 2023 Staff Activity: D. Andersen, the Oak Ridge cognizant engineer, travelled to the Y-12 National Security Complex and Oak Ridge National Labor  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following web feature: * * * Studying the energetics of chemical reactions helps researchers solve energy problems * * * What is a calorie? While most people think of calories in relation to food, calories are simply a unit of heat energy. In fact, measuring calories is essential to energy science because every chemical reaction involves energy. Some reactions give off heat, while  more