WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board issued the following letter on March 17, 2026: * * * The Honorable Chris Wright, Secretary of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20585-1000 Dear Secretary Wright: Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (Board or DNFSB) is required to review and evaluate the content and implementation of standards/1 relating to the design,   more

WASHINGTON, March 17 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued 'American-Made Solar Prize: Edgeli Enables DER Integration CRADA 615 Final Report' (PNNL-38551), authored by Shiva Poudel, Aaqib Peerzada, and Jaime T. Kolln, in October 2025. The CRADA with Edgeli, Inc., under the Solar Energy Technologies Office's voucher program, demonstrates tools to automate DER interconnection approvals. Granular time-series data transforms GIS into network models for power flow analysis on c  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued report number PNNL-38156, 'Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Annual Site Environmental Report for Calendar Year 2024,' with authors including L.E. Snyder, R.L. Bisping, and others. The document summarizes compliance with federal, state, and local environmental laws at PNNL-Richland and PNNL-Sequim campuses. Covering operations through 2024, it reports no significant releases or violations. PNNL operates under D  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued report number PNNL-37576, 'Port Technical Assistance Program: A Proposed Initiative to Support U.S. Ports Through Energy Innovation,' authored by Jeriah A. Whitley, Ryan A. Calkins, Shannon K. Idso, Molly E. Grear, and Francis K. Tuffner. The document outlines a program to aid ports in adopting sustainable energy amid rising trade demands and global regulations. Dated January 2025 and prepared for the U.S. Department   more

WASHINGTON, March 17 (TNSLrpt) -- The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued 'Grid Resiliency Using Hydro-based Microgrids During Wildfires,' authored by Sohom Datta, Vishvas Chalishazar, Jan Westman, Shahnawaz Siddiqui, Troy Salitel, Jillian M. Deines, Andre Coleman, Jerry Tagestad, M Hoffman, Alisha R Fernandez, Abhishek Somani, Bikash Poudel, Mukesh Gautam, and Shafiul Alam (PNNL-37324), in August 2024. Researchers developed the WREST framework to analyze wildfire risks on power syst  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued report number PNNL-38154, 'Integrated Multi-Fidelity Model and Co-Simulation Platform for Distribution System Transient and Dynamic Analysis--DistribuDyn,' authored by Wei Du, Sheik M. Mohiuddin, Udoka C. Nwaneto, Francis K. Tuffner, Xiaonan Lu, Yaosuo S. Xue, Hanchao Liu, Zhe Chen, and Roshan Sharma. Funded by DOE's Solar Energy Technologies Office under award 38453, it addresses modeling gaps for inverter-based reso  more