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Federal Tipoffs Involving Tennessee Newsletter for Sunday November 12, 2023 ( 13 items )  

'Wonderful impact': Seeing life-saving Ac-225 cancer treatment in action led Setzer to ORNL
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Raina Setzer knows the work she does matters. That's because she's already seen it from the other side. Setzer, a radiochemical processing technician in Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Isotope Processing and Manufacturing Division, joined the lab in June 2023. Here, she's involved with actinium-225 produced by the Tri-Lab collaboration involving ORNL, Brookhaven Nat  more

'Wonderful impact': Seeing life-saving Ac-225 cancer treatment in action led Setzer to ORNL
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Raina Setzer knows the work she does matters. That's because she's already seen it from the other side. Setzer, a radiochemical processing technician in Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Isotope Processing and Manufacturing Division, joined the lab in June 2023. Here, she's involved with actinium-225 produced by the Tri-Lab collaboration involving ORNL, Brookhaven Nat  more

Arnold AFB: F-15C Eagle Display at Arnold AFB Honors Duricy
ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs The significance of the static aircraft displayed outside the Main Gate and Gate 2 of Arnold Air Force Base goes beyond decorative purposes. The displays symbolize the importance of the work performed across Arnold Engineering Development Complex, headquartered at Arnold AFB. Testing conducted within AEDC facilities played a role in either the development   more

Arnold Engineering Development Complex Acoustic Imager Places Top 3 in Air Force Materiel Command Spark Tank
ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, Nov. 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs The potential impact a project previously awarded funding through the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Spark Tank program could have across the Air Force Materiel Command enterprise did not go unnoticed. That project - the acquisition of an acoustic imager - was selected as one of three semifinalists in the AFMC Spark Tank Integrated Capabilities cha  more

Campbell chosen for program to help advance US-Korea collaborations
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: ORNL researcher Anne Campbell will present a paper in Korea next year on materials support of carbon-free nuclear energy. Credit: Adam Malin, U.S. Dept. of Energy Anne Campbell, a researcher at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, recently won the Young Leaders Professional Development Award from the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, or TMS  more

Innovation Crossroads fellow wins EPA award
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Kim Tutin, founder and chief executive officer of Captis Aire, receives the EPA Green Chemistry Challenge Award. Credit: Eric Vance/USEPA The founder of a startup company who is working with the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has won an Environmental Protection Agency Green Challenge Award for a unique air pollution control technology. Captis   more

Justice Dept.: 4 States Join Justice Department's Suit Against Agri Stats for Organizing and Managing Unlawful Information Exchanges Among Chicken, Pork, and Turkey Processors
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Nov. 6, 2023: Today, the Attorneys General of Minnesota, California, North Carolina and Tennessee joined a civil antitrust lawsuit filed by the Justice Department's Antitrust Division against Agri Stats Inc. for organizing and managing anticompetitive information exchanges among broiler chicken, pork and turkey processors. The Antitrust Division and the state Attorneys General filed an amended complaint in  more

Klasky named senior member of ACM
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Hilda Klasky, an R&D staff member in the Scalable Biomedical Modeling group at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been selected as a senior member of the Association of Computing Machinery, or ACM. ACM is "the world's largest educational and scientific computing society;; senior members are those who have worked in a relevant field for at   more

McGuire takes top award at ORNL's Awards Night for leadership, materials research
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Michael McGuire received the Director's Award for Outstanding Individual Accomplishment in Science and Technology at the 2023 Awards Night. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Michael McGuire has received the lab's Director's Award for Outstanding Individual Accomplishment in Science and Technology and the Distinguished Res  more

ORNL recognized for achievement in veteran employment by Department of Labor
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: UT-Battelle, the managing contractor of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has received a gold medallion award from the Department of Labor's Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing American Military Veterans, or HIRE Vets, program. The HIRE Vets medallion award is the only federal award that recognizes exemplary efforts in veteran em  more

Scientists use quantum biology, AI to sharpen genome editing tool
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: ORNL scientists developed a method that improves the accuracy of the CRISPR Cas9 gene editing tool used to modify microbes for renewable fuels and chemicals production. This research draws on the lab's expertise in quantum biology, artificial intelligence and synthetic biology. Credit: Philip Gray/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory  more

Study probes risks to power plants from electromagnetic pulse
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: An electromagnetic pulse, or EMP, can be triggered by a nuclear explosion in the atmosphere or by an electromagnetic generator in a vehicle or aircraft. Here's the chain of reactions it could cause to harm electrical equipment on the ground. Credit: Andy Sproles/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have  more

Tenn. U.S. Attorney: Former Shelby County Jailer Sentenced Over Plan to Smuggle Narcotics Into Facility
MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Nov. 10 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, Kevin G. Ritz, issued the following news release on Nov. 9, 2023: On Wednesday, November 8, 2023, a federal judge sentenced a former deputy jailer for possession of narcotics knowing that they would be distributed inside the county jail. Kevin G. Ritz, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today. Kimberly Price, 31, of Memphis was sentenced to 14 months in federal priso  more