LA GRANGE PARK, Illinois, Dec. 16 -- The American Nuclear Society issued the following news: Two teams of guest editors from Idaho National Laboratory have announced plans for special issues of the American Nuclear Society's Nuclear Science and Engineering, the nuclear community's longest-running technical journal. Abdalla Abou Jaoude and Abderrafi M. Ougouag are leading the NSE issue Technical Challenges and Opportunities in the Development and Deployment of Microreactors, while Joseph Nielsen  more

BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 12 -- The International Aircraft Dealers Association the following news release: In the International Aircraft Dealers Association's fifth year as an international organization, its members experienced an expanding post-pandemic marketplace and recognition as a global force in aircraft sales transactions. IADA also launched its NextGen initiative in 2023 and expanded the audience for its signature marketing search portal. "During 2023 the IADA Board of Directors exercised gr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- NSSF-The Firearm Industry Trade Association, issued the following news release: NSSF, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, proudly announces the 3rd Annual Governors' Forum at SHOT Show(R) 2024 which is shaping up to host no less than a half dozen state governors to discuss the importance of the firearm industry to their states, Second Amendment rights of their citizens and their insights to challenges and opportunities ahead for gun rights in the United States. Confi  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 15 -- The Texas Association of School Boards issued the following news release: Chris Clark of the Folsom Cordova USD in Rancho Cordova, Calif., and Bob Perkins of Ada County in Idaho, have been appointed to the National Purchasing Cooperative (BuyBoard(R)) Board of Directors. The BuyBoard National Purchasing Cooperative is governed by a nine-member board of directors composed of officials and employees of Cooperative members and employees and appointees of sponsoring and a  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 7 -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following news release: It appears that Congress has stripped a provision from the final National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would have ensured victims of U.S. nuclear weapons tests, production and waste have access to health care and compensation to help cover medical debt and other expenses. Congress is expected to vote on the bill before the end of the year. The provision, proposed by Sens. Ben Ray L  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 15 -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2023: Today, Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), after stripping out provisions (https://www.congress.gov/amendment/118th-congress/senate-amendment/1058?s=a&r=14) that would have strengthened the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) to ensure victims of U.S. nuclear weapons tests, production and waste have access to health care and compensation to  more

HAILEY, Idaho, Dec. 13 -- The Western Watersheds Project issued the following news release: Special interest groups have filed a lawsuit against Colorado Parks and Wildlife [CPW] and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS] to halt anticipated wolf reintroductions. The Colorado Cattlemen's Association and Gunnison County Stockgrowers Association filed the suit on Monday just as state employees are finalizing logistics to reintroduce wolves after the iconic keystone species has been functionally  more

MISSOULA, Montana, Dec. 15 -- The Western Watersheds Project issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2023: Today, wildlife conservation groups sued Burlington Northern Railway Company (BNSF) for operating trains and authorizing use of its tracks by other companies that have killed many federally protected grizzly bears in or near the Northern Continental Divide and Cabinet-Yaak grizzly bear recovery zones in Montana and Idaho, respectively. Pending the completion of processes begun in 200  more

EUGENE, Oregon, Dec. 15 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2023: Today, wildlife conservation groups sued Burlington Northern Railway Company (BNSF) for operating trains and authorizing use of its tracks by other companies that have killed many federally protected grizzly bears in or near the Northern Continental Divide and Cabinet-Yaak grizzly bear recovery zones in Montana and Idaho, respectively. Pending the completion of processes begun in   more

MISSOULA, Montana, Dec. 15 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2023: Today, wildlife conservation groups sued Burlington Northern Railway Company (BNSF) for operating trains and authorizing use of its tracks by other companies that have killed many federally protected grizzly bears in or near the Northern Continental Divide and Cabinet-Yaak grizzly bear recovery zones in Montana and Idaho, respectively. Pending the completion of processes begun in 2004 to develo  more