Thursday - May 28, 2026
Tipoffs for Maine (New England) Newsletter for Monday May 18, 2026 ( 6 items )  

Hanford Waste-glass Model Update Flags Communications as the Main Bottleneck
WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSLrpt) -- A report issued by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, titled 'Glass Property-Composition Models Update for use in Direct Feed High-Level Waste Flowsheet Development' and authored by Xiaonan Lu, John D. Vienna, Pavel Ferkl, Dongsang Kim, Jos Marcial, Jincheng Bai, Dewei Wang, Jarrod V. Crum, James J. Neeway, and Nicholas A. Lumetta, with report number PNNL-38953, Rev. 0 / EWG-RPT-058, Rev. 0, says the latest modeling work is meant to support direct-feed high-le  more

Hydropower Report Tests AI-era Planning Tools for Forecast and Scheduling Gains
WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's 'Flow Forecasting on New England's Great River Hydro' report, prepared by Cameron Bracken, Youngjun Son, Mucun Sun, and Vincent Tidwell, is identified as PNNL-39230 and was completed in April 2026. The CRADA final report says Great River Hydro, New England's largest conventional hydropower generator, sought technical help to improve short- and medium-range inflow forecasting and scheduling after relicensing tightened operat  more

N.H. Natural & Cultural Resources Dept.: Seven Properties Added to NH State Register of Historic Places
CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 11 -- The New Hampshire Department of Natural and Cultural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Seven properties added to NH State Register of Historic Places The N.H. Division of Historical Resources has announced that the State Historical Resources Council has added seven properties to the N.H. State Register of Historic Places. Built circa 1874 and at one point one of nine schools serving a total of nearly 150 Dorchester students, Cheever School b  more

New Graduates Prepare to Make History
BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 16 -- The Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * New Graduates Prepare to Make History *. At the 2026 SPH Convocation-the first for Dean Adnan Hyder-keynote speaker Dr. Robbie Goldstein, Massachusetts Department of Public Health commissioner, urged graduates to stand firm in this moment and meet the current "crisis of trust" in science with courage.  Public health gained a new cohort of practitioners ready to take on the field'  more

NYT Columnist Dan Barry Addresses CCRI's Class of 2026, Receives Inaugural Honorary Degree
WARWICK, Rhode Island, May 14 -- The Community College of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * NYT Columnist Dan Barry Addresses CCRI's Class of 2026, Receives Inaugural Honorary Degree PROVIDENCE -- When the Community College of Rhode Island celebrated its 61st Commencement on Tuesday, the event marked a historic milestone. For the first time in the college's history, CCRI awarded inaugural honorary degrees. One honorary degree went to acclaimed journalist and author Dan Barry. The  more

States Face Pressure to Define DER Communications Rules as FERC Order 2222 Advances
WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSLrpt) -- A report issued by FERC2222.org and cusln.org, titled 'FERC Order 2222 & DER Policy and Implementation Report January 2026' and identified as PNNL-38952, examines progress in distributed energy resource integration while highlighting unresolved gaps in communication rules between utilities and aggregators. The report outlines regulatory and market developments tied to FERC Order 2222, which enables aggregated distributed energy resources to participate in wholesa  more