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TNS Tipoffs - FERC Newsletter for Sunday January 11, 2026 ( 7 items )  

PNNL Interim Study Targets Moisture Measurement Challenges in Dry Cask Storage
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has issued 'Small-Scale Drying: FY2020 Interim Report' (M3SF-20PN010203025, PNNL-30146, Rev. 0), authored by Heather Colburn for the U.S. Department of Energy's Spent Fuel and Waste Science and Technology program. The report, dated August 21, 2020, documents ongoing experimental work to understand how to measure and interpret moisture in high burnup spent nuclear fuel dry storage systems, with emphasis on the High Burnup Demo  more

PNNL Report Benchmarks Digital Twins for Chemistry-informed AI in Energy Storage
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has issued report PNNL-33781 titled 'Chemistry-Informed Digital Twin Framework for Predicting Degradation in Energy Storage Systems,' authored by Jeffrey S. Gross, Xiaowei Wang, Megan N. Smith, Jonathan D. Baker and colleagues and prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC05-76RL01830. The October 2024 report presents a digital twin architecture that combines physics-based electrochemical models with mach  more

PNNL Report Benchmarks Multi-omics Models for Ranking Key Soil Microbiome Signals
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has issued report PNNL-38772 titled 'Ranking Biological Features in Soil-Based Microbial Multi-Omics Data with Integration Modeling,' authored by David J. Degnan, Ryan McClure, Daniel M. Claborne, Lisa M. Bramer and Javier E. Flores and prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC05-76RL01830. The December 2025 report evaluates five multi-omics integration methods for identifying and ranking the most import  more

PNNL Report Demonstrates Ultrasonic Modem for Power and Data Through Thick Metal Walls
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has issued report PNNL-29423 titled 'Ultrasonic Modem,' authored by Matthew S. Taubman (corresponding), Anton S. Sinkov and Raymond Dunn, and prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC05-76RL01830. The November 2019 report describes a dual-path ultrasonic modem funded by DOE's Office of Environmental Management that can transmit both power and data through metal barriers--such as thick stainless-steel con  more

PNNL Report Explores Turning Oil Pipelines Into Clean Hydrogen Corridors
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has issued report PNNL-37083 titled 'Transport Affordable Clean Hydrogen Energy via Existing Pipeline Infrastructure (CRADA 573),' authored by Nathan Prisco and Carlos A. Fernandez and prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC05-76RL01830. The document, dated September 2022, serves as the final report for Cooperative Research and Development Agreement 573 between Mighty Pipeline and PNNL and is intended   more

PNNL Report Tests Multi-omics Integration Models to Rank Key Soil Microbial Features
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has issued report PNNL-38772 titled 'Ranking Biological Features in Soil-Based Microbial Multi-Omics Data with Integration Modeling,' authored by David J. Degnan, Ryan McClure, Daniel M. Claborne, Lisa M. Bramer and Javier E. Flores and prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC05-76RL01830. The December 2025 report evaluates five computational integration models for identifying and ranking the most impor  more

PNNL Study Weighs Clean Power Options for Saipan Landfill Microgrid
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has issued report PNNL-36888 titled 'Power Supply Options for the Marpi Landfill, Saipan: Comprehensive Feasibility Study,' authored by Malcolm P. Moncheur de Rieudotte, Amy E. Solana, Christopher R. Niebylski and Lindsay M. Sheridan and prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC05-76RL01830. The document, dated November 2024, evaluates technical and economic options to provide 24-hour power at the Marpi   more