IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release: Measuring battery health and safety continuously is an important challenge as more electric vehicles, grid-scale energy storage devices and other clean energy technologies enter the market. Industry needs better ways to diagnose the batteries that power these devices to ensure their safety, performance and reliability from inception to recycling. For example, lithium-ion   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Hanford issued the following weekly report: * * * TO: Timothy J. Dwyer, Acting Technical Director FROM: B. Caleca, P. Fox, N. Huntington, and P. Meyer, Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Hanford Activity Report for the Week Ending October 13, 2023 Tank Farms: The Advanced Modular Pretreatment System (AMPS) will eventually be part of the larger tank farm system and the relevant AMPS safety analysis informati  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration issued the following news release: The National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Radiological Security (ORS), part of the Department of Energy, partnered with Jordan's Energy and Minerals Regulatory Commission (EMRC) to replace all of Jordan's high-activity cesium-137 irradiators with X-ray technology. With the recent completion of a project at the Jordan University Hospital-Cell Therapy   more