WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (TNSLrpt) -- The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has developed a 'Benchmark Tracking System for Performance Monitoring' to help manage the development of its high-performance computing (HPC) software. The report, prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC05-76RL01830, was authored by Braedon Billingsley and Joseph Cottam. The document is identified as PNNL-38155 and was issued in August 2025. The system was developed to improve the benchmar  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have issued a plan to test and characterize the hydraulic properties of the Ringold Formation Unit A aquifer. The plan, titled 'Aquifer Hydraulic Testing and Characterization Plan for the Ringold Formation Unit A in the Hanford 200-ZP-1 Groundwater Operable Unit and Vicinity,' was prepared by RD Mackley, ML Rockhold, R Ekre, and I Demirkanli. It outlines a phased approach to inv  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (TNSLrpt) -- A report from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) details the evaluation of waste form options for immobilizing salt-based nuclear waste simulants. The document, 'Evaluating High-Halide Waste Form Options for Salt-Based Nuclear Waste Simulants' (PNNL-38197), was issued in September 2025 and authored by Jincheng Bai, Harmony S. Werth, Brian J. Riley, and Miroslava Peterson. The study's aim was to find glassy systems that could immobilize a high-lithi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (TNSLrpt) -- A report from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) reveals a promising process for generating renewable energy and storing it in coastal areas by using seawater. The document, 'Electrochemical Oxidation of Seawater for Renewable Energy Generation and Storage in Coastal Areas' (PNNL-37798), was prepared by Bhanupriya Boruah, Nathanael Royer, Talshyn Begildayeva, Nickolas W. Riedel, Elizabeth Kastl, Lindy Strange, Biva Talukdar, and Juan A. Lopez-Ruiz.  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (TNSLrpt) -- A report from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) finds that installing a solar photovoltaic (PV) system at the Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) in Oldsmar, Florida, is an economically viable option. The document, 'Cost Benefit Analysis of Solar PV for the City of Oldsmar, FL' (PNNL-38082), was prepared by Erik L. Anderson II and released in July 2025. The analysis was conducted to assist the city in its decision to deploy a solar PV system to reduc  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (TNSLrpt) -- A report from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) proposes a methodology to combine the design of offshore wind farms with their operational controls and market strategies, allowing them to support the power grid during fast events while also remaining financially competitive. The document, 'MoCoDo: Multi-Objective Co-design Optimization for Pareto-Set Identification,' was prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC05-76RL01830.   more