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News Tipoffs - Tennessee Editors Newsletter for Thursday December 04, 2025 ( 3 items )  

Energy Department Selects TVA and Holtec to Advance Deployment of U.S. Small Modular Reactors
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2025: * * * Energy Department Selects TVA and Holtec to Advance Deployment of U.S. Small Modular Reactors The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the selection of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and Holtec Government Services to support early deployments of advanced light-water small modular reactors (SMRs) in the United States. The project teams will receive up to $800 million in  more

Texas Man Charged with Conspiracy to Obtain Controlled Substances by Fraud
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Texas Man Charged with Conspiracy to Obtain Controlled Substances by Fraud * A federal grand jury in the Middle District of Louisiana returned an indictment today charging a Texas man with a scheme to obtain controlled substances from multiple pharmacies using fraudulent prescriptions and then sell those drugs on the street. According to court documents, Darrion Denard Brooks, 28, of Houston, and   more

University of Central Florida's Tinley Park MHC Secures Top Spot at the 2025 DOE CyberForce Competition
ARGONNE, Illinois, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * University of Central Florida's Tinley Park MHC secures top spot at the 2025 DOE CyberForce Competition The competition challenges students to solve real-world cybersecurity problems, focusing on protecting the nation's energy systems * The University of Central Florida's Tinley Park MHC proved victorious in DOE's CyberForce Competition, valiantly defending a sim  more