OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have opened a new virtual library where visitors can check out waveforms instead of books. The Grid Event Signature Library is an open-access online collection of datasets containing waveforms, which are visual representations of behaviors of the electric grid. Utilities and research institutions contributed anonymized da  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: In the wet, muddy places where America's rivers and lands meet the sea, scientists from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are unearthing clues to better understand how these vital landscapes are evolving under climate change. Around 40% of the nation's population live in coastal counties. The coasts are a linchpin of the economy, hosting the n  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Both Westover and Yang work in the Energy Storage and Conversion group of ORNL's Chemical Sciences Division. They are among 23 researchers in industry, academia and government sharing $11.5 million through IGNIITE 2024. Because early-career researchers often generate groundbreaking ideas, IGNIITE 2024 aims to help them gain independent success through research support  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Brianna Greer had no idea that banana plants could be useful in making lightweight parts for cars and bicycles. But that was before she became an undergraduate research intern at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the summer of 2023. "You really wouldn't expect it when you look at a banana tree," Greer said. "You just wouldn't think of it   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has named Troy A. Carter director of the Fusion Energy Division in ORNL's Fusion and Fission Energy and Science Directorate, or FFESD, effective July 1. As division director, Carter will position ORNL as a key resource in U.S. plans for accelerating fusion energy development and evolve the lab's world-class t  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Let's set the scene. It's 3 o'clock on a Tuesday in a sprawling cityscape, teeming with life and energy. Professionals work on their computers in towering high rises. Children play on playgrounds as they wait for their parents to pick them up from school. Pet owners jog with their animal companions along the sidewalks. Buses pick up passengers and transport them ar  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Energy has signed a $42 million agreement as part of the Natural Resources Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) process for impacts from its historic operations on the Oak Ridge Reservation. Contamination released from the Oak Ridge Reservation negatively impacted natural resources and services depending on those resources in the   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists have developed a method leveraging artificial intelligence to accelerate the identification of environmentally friendly solvents for industrial carbon capture, biomass processing, rechargeable batteries and other applications. The research targets a class of solvents known for being nontoxic, biodegradable, highly stable, cost  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, July 11 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has selected the Ivy Academy, a public charter school serving Chattanooga, to receive a $100,000 Environmental Education Grant for climate education across the state. The selectee is the first public school in Tennessee to partner with Tennessee State Parks for the high school majors in environmentally related fields. "Congratulations to our environ  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Defendants Include Members and Associates of the "Young Mob" Street Gang A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging 15 Memphis, Tennessee, residents for their involvement in an organized drug trafficking scheme. According to court documents, between November 2023 and June 2024, the defendants allegedly worked together, and with others, to distribute fentanyl, methamph  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57214) involving Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Tennessee: * * * Facility: Watts Bar Region: 2 State: TN Unit: [1] [] [] RX Type: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP NRC Notified By: Paul Blakely HQ OPS Officer: Sam Colvard Notification Date: 07/08/2024 Notification Time: 18:24 [ET] Event Date: 07/08/2024 Event Time: 15:21 [EDT] Last Update Date: 07/08/2024 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Sectio  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57214) involving Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Tennessee: * * * Facility: Watts Bar Region: 2 State: TN Unit: [1] [] [] RX Type: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP NRC Notified By: Paul Blakely HQ OPS Officer: Sam Colvard Notification Date: 07/08/2024 Notification Time: 18:24 [ET] Event Date: 07/08/2024 Event Time: 15:21 [EDT] Last Update Date: 07/08/2024 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Secti  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news: * * * Oak Ridge is on track to complete all soil remediation at East Tennessee Technology Park -- an EM 2024 priority -- in coming weeks * * * The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR have completed the largest soil remediation at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP). The three-year-long project removed more than 100  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: SCALE users from 85 organizations across 21 countries gathered online and in person at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory from June 5 to June 7 for the Eighth Annual SCALE Users Group Workshop. The SCALE software suite, developed and maintained by ORNL, is widely recognized for its modeling and simulation capabilities in nuclear safety analysis  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 13 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on July 12, 202: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) are available in Tennessee for small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private nonprofit organizations with economic losses due to severe weather including excessive rain, hail, h  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, July 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging 15 Memphis, Tennessee, residents for their involvement in an organized drug trafficking scheme. According to court documents, between November 2023 and June 2024, the defendants allegedly worked together, and with others, to distribute fentanyl, methamphetamine, and marijuana thro  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, July 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee issued the following news release: On July 8, 2024, Clyde Christopher Tipton, 63, of Tazewell, Tennessee, was sentenced to 50 months in prison by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville. Tipton was the final defendant to be sentenced in a sprawling pill mill case that resulted in the fe  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, July 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee issued the following news release on July 8, 2024: A pair of Texas residents have been sentenced to federal prison resulting from their involvement in a counterfeit prescription drug distribution operation involving methamphetamine and counterfeit Adderall to various locations within the United States, including Western Tennessee. Kevin G. Ritz, United States Attorney for the Western District of   more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, July 10 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs During the lead-up to him taking command of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex 717th Test Squadron, Lt. Col. Joshua Thomas came across an article published to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the first simulated flight test of an engine at AEDC. This spurred Thomas to reflect upon how long AEDC has played a role in national defense, which in   more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to designate critical habitat for the endangered Barrens topminnow, a small, colorful fish native to the Cumberland Plateau in middle Tennessee. The species was listed as endangered in November 2019, due to predation from the western mosquitofish. Proposed critical habitat for the Barrens topminnow consists of 1.5 acres of  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Yiyu (Jason) Wang, an R&D associate staff member in the Materials Science and Technology Division at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will receive the Professor Koichi Masubuchi Award from the American Welding Society, or AWS. He will be presented with the honor at the 2024 AWS Annual Meeting in October in Orlando, Florida. The award is spon  more