WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board issued the following letter on May 3, 2024: * * * To: The Honorable Joyce L. Connery, Chair, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, 625 Indiana Avenue NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20004 Dear Chair Connery: I appreciate the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's (DNFSB or Board) continued support to the Department of Energy (DOE or Department), including the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), in the safe oper  more

LIVERMORE, California, May 9 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: In a groundbreaking development for addressing future viral pandemics, a multi-institutional team involving Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers has successfully combined an artificial intelligence (AI)-backed platform with supercomputing to redesign and restore the effectiveness of antibodies whose ability to fight viruses has been comp  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following weekly report for week ending April 19, 2024: * * * TO: Timothy J. Dwyer, Technical Director FROM: D. Gutowski, Resident Inspector SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for the Week Ending April 19, 2024 Plutonium Facility-Safety Basis: Last Thursday, Triad personnel submitted to the NNSA Field Office the new documented safety analysis for the Plutonium   more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news on May 9, 2024: Los Alamos National Laboratory is converting part of the waste stream from plutonium purification into a steady, sustainable supply of the coveted element americium, which is used for medical research, smoke detectors and more. This makes Los Alamos the nation's sole supplier--reducing dependence on other countries. Americium is a household staple with space travel pot  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * More communities could be at risk for contracting mosquito-borne diseases * * * A research team at Los Alamos National Laboratory is using computer models to simulate how climate change could expand the geographical range in which mosquitoes live, which may cause an increase in mosquito-borne illness. The study was recently published in the Journal of Climate Change a  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, May 11 (TNSres) -- The Los Alamos Study Group issued the following news release: New information and analysis are available regarding the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA's) plutonium warhead core ("pit") project, the largest warhead infrastructure effort "since shortly after the Manhattan Project," in the words (https://lasg.org/MPF2/documents/Hruby-remarks-StrategicWeaponsSymposium_18Apr2024.pdf) of NNSA Administrator Dr. Jill Hruby. NNSA's challenges  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 - The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released the following testimony by Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm from a hearing dated April 16, 2024, entitled "To examine the President's budget request for the U.S. Department of Energy for Fiscal Year 2025": * * * Chairman Manchin, Ranking Member Barrasso, and Members of the Committee, it is an honor to appear before you today to discuss the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Budget request for the Department of E  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following written testimony by James C. Kenney, secretary of the New Mexico Environment Department, from a hearing dated March 20, 2024, entitled "Examining PFAS as Hazardous Substances." PFAS stands for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. * * * PFAS and Federal Laws Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Capito, members of the Committee, my name is James Kenney and I currently serve as the Secretary of the New Mexico  more