ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Kali Bradford, AEDC Public Affairs Arnold Air Force Base has gained a new tool in its paving arsenal. Known as full depth reclamation, or FDR, it is a sustainable pavement rehabilitation technique that involves recycling the full thickness of asphalt pavement and a portion of the underlying materials (base, subbase, and subgrade) to create a new, stabilized base layer. FDR has recently bee  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: The (Department) today announced $179 million in grants focused on supporting academic acceleration for every child, building on the Biden-Harris Administration's goal to improve academic achievement nationwide. These grants include $149 million in new Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant (CLSD) awards--the largest number of awards ever for this program--and nearly  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on Sept. 3, 2024: * * * New Mexico Households Can Receive up to $14,000 Through the Home Energy Rebate Programs to Save Energy and Save Money on Energy-Efficient Home Upgrades * * * ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--As part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda (https://www.whitehouse.gov/invest/), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that New Mexico has launched its first Home Energy Rebates program, s  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Flexcon Global has exclusively licensed two patented inventions to manufacture a self-healing barrier film from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory for research and development purposes. The film can be incorporated into vacuum insulation panels to increase the efficiency of buildings during retrofits. Flexcon, based in Spencer, Massachusetts,   more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: Residents of the Arnold Village family housing community at Arnold Air Force Base can now make their voices heard on matters related to base housing. The Department of Defense announced on Aug. 12 the launch of the DOD Housing Feedback System, or DHFS. The new system allows active-duty service members and their authorized dependents to submit feedback on their current leased unit, helping ens  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has directed the agency staff to amend regulations for licensing "non-power production or utilization facilities," also known as NPUFs, to make license renewal criteria more consistent with the limited risk such facilities pose to public safety. A final rule (https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2424/ML24248A209.pdf) approved today will eliminate license terms fo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2024: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has published its final environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact for Kairos Power's application for construction permits to build the dual unit Hermes 2 test reactor project in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Concurrently, the agency issued exemptions for Hermes 2 from NRC regulations that require an environmental impact statement to support   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: A research scientist with the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Ayana Ghosh was named the 2024 Early Discovery Award winner by the American Ceramic Society. The award recognizes an early career member of the organization who has contributed to basic science in the field of glass and ceramics.Ghosh was pleasantly surprised to receive such a prestig  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 5 -- The Tennessee Public Utility Commission issued the following order suspending tariff (Docket No. 24-00032) on Sept. 4, 2024: * * * In Re: Petition Of Tennessee-American Water Company To Modify Tariff, Change And Increase Charges, Fees, And Rates, And For Approval Of A General Rate Increase ORDER SUSPENDING TARIFF THROUGH NOVEMBER 18, 2024 This matter is before the Administrative Judge of the Tennessee Public Utility Commission ("Commission" or "TPUC") designa  more