OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Nine scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been named to the 2019 Highly Cited Researchers list released by the Web of Science Group. The list identifies scientists who produced multiple papers ranking in the top one percent by citations for their field and year of publication over the last decade, demonstrating significant rese  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release: As EM (https://www.energy.gov/em/office-environmental-management) crews work to ensure the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's (ORNL) Molten Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE) (https://www.ornl.gov/news/msres-50th) remains safe until its decommissioning, they are also collaborating with academic and industry professionals interested in developing new molten sa  more

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tennessee, Nov. 18 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: As part of an annual food drive, the Arnold Air Force Base Junior Force Council members collected donations for more than 30 food baskets for Coffee County families in need of Thanksgiving meals. Baskets and boxes were placed at several buildings on base so those interested could donate nonperishable food items for the drive, known as the Thanksgiving Food Basket Program. "The Junior Force Council is th  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following news release: From December 2018 to March 2019, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Tennessee were 138,640, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 124,279, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Janet S. Rankin noted that the di  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Jonathan York and Tommy Morris, two former correctional officers at the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville, Tennessee, with federal civil rights, conspiracy, and obstruction offenses, announced Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband of the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennes  more

HATTIESBURG, Mississippi, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, Mike Hurst, issued the following news release: Shahjahan Sultan, M.D., 37 of Madison, Mississippi and Thomas Edward Sturdavant, M.D., 56, of Kingsport, Tennessee, pled guilty today before Senior U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to conspiring to commit health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Michelle Sutphin with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Missi  more

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tennessee, Nov. 18 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Team members with National Aerospace Solutions, LLC, the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Test Operations and Sustainment contractor, received awards Nov. 5 during the Salute to Excellence Annual Awards Banquet at Arnold Lakeside Center. Presentations were given for the: Quality Award, Safety Award, Security Award, Innovation Award, Customer Service Excellence Award, Program/Project Manager of the   more

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colorado, Nov. 18 -- The North American Aerospace Defense Command issued the following news release: North American Aerospace Defense Command will conduct air defense exercise at McGhee Tyson Airport near Knoxville, Tennessee this week with exercise flights scheduled on 20-21 November over the greater Alcoa, TN and Waynesville, NC areas. NORAD F-16's, Beechcraft Baron and Cessna general aviation aircraft will participate in the exercise. Some portions of the exercise c  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted for review Nuclear Development's application to transfer the construction permits for the Tennessee Valley Authority's unfinished Bellefonte reactors near Scottsboro, Ala. Nuclear Development submitted the permit transfer application on Nov. 13, 2018, and supplemented its application earlier this year following discussions with NRC staff. The NRC has publ  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has proposed the assessment of a $145,000 civil penalty to the Tennessee Valley Authority for submitting incomplete and inaccurate information to the NRC that was material in a licensing decision at the Watts Bar nuclear plant. TVA has admitted to the Severity Level III violation but can contest the assessment of the civil penalty through alternative dispute resolution,  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 54390) involving the Watts Bar power reactor in Tennessee: TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL ROOM ENVELOPE BOUNDARY "At 2234 Eastern Standard Time (EST) on November 15, 2019, a Main Control Room (MCR) alarm was received for low control room positive pressure. "At 2236 EST, a Control Room Envelope (CRE) door was found ajar and immediately closed. Technical Specification 3.7.10 Control Room Emergency V  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Jeremy Busby, director of the Reactor and Nuclear Systems Division at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected fellow of the American Nuclear Society for his contributions to developing materials for nuclear energy systems. Busby received the honor during the ANS Winter Meeting and Nuclear Technology Expo in Washington, D.C., on Nov  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Two transportation researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Mike Kass and Jim Parks, have been named SAE (Society of Automobile Engineers) fellows. Kass, of the Energy & Transportation Science Division's (ESTD) Fuels and Engines Research group, was recognized for his distinguished leadership and technical accomplishments in land, air   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Michelle Kidder, a researcher at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been selected as the 2019 recipient of the US C3E Research Award. C3E (Clean Energy Education & Empowerment) recognizes mid-career women who have demonstrated leadership and accomplishments in clean energy. Kidder, of the Energy and Transportation Science Division's Emissi  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Paul Taylor, a researcher at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). Taylor, senior researcher in the Isotope & Fuel Cycle Technology Division, has more than 45 years of experience at ORNL and the Y-12 Nuclear Security Complex. AIChE commended him for service to the Kn  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: A scientific team from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Vanderbilt University has made the first experimental observation of a material phase that had been predicted but never seen. The newly discovered phase couples with a known phase to enable unique control over material properties--an advance that paves the way to eventual manipulation  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Students often participate in internships and receive formal training in their chosen career fields during college, but some pursue professional development opportunities even earlier. Now freshmen in college, Katherine Hausladen and Paulina Urbanowicz spent the summer between their junior and senior years of high school at the US Department of Energy's (DOE's) Oak   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science announced allocations of supercomputer access to 47 science projects for 2020--awarding 60 percent of the available time on some of the nation's most powerful supercomputers, with the ultimate goal of accelerating discovery and innovation. For the past 15 years, the DOE's Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: An international team of scientists, led by the University of Manchester, has developed a metal-organic framework, or MOF, material that provides a selective, fully reversible and repeatable capability to capture a toxic air pollutant, nitrogen dioxide, produced by combusting diesel and other fossil fuels. The material then requires only water and air to convert the  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release: Isotek Systems, TerraPower, and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced an innovative public-private partnership agreement that is providing extremely rare and unique isotopes for next generation cancer research and treatment. DOE Deputy Under Secretary for Science T.L. Cubbage was joined by Senator Marsha Blackburn, U.S. Representative Ch  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District announces a public workshop is being held 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019 at the Cordell Hull Lake Resource Manager's Office in Carthage, Tenn. The staff is also available from noon to 4 p.m. during an open house to discuss possible changes and receive comments. The purpose of this workshop and open house is to provide the public with an op  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development - Tennessee office issued the following news release: * * * - Distance Learning and Telemedicine Investments will benefit more than 200,000 rural Tennessee residents * * * U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Donald "DJ" LaVoy today announced that USDA is investing $42.5 million in 133 distance learning and telemedicine projects in 37 states and two U.S. terri  more

JACKSON, Tennessee, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, Donald Q. Cochran, issued the following news release: Barbara Zoccola, 58, of Memphis, Tennessee, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to a federal theft charge, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee. Zoccola was charged in a criminal Information filed on October 9, 2019, which resulted from an investigation by the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General i  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Nov. 20 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, D. Michael Dunavant, issued the following news release: Cadie McAlister, 21, pleaded guilty to a federal offense and admitted concealing other correctional officers' assault of an inmate while McAlister was serving as an officer with the Tennessee Department of Corrections. "Correctional officers who conceal unlawful actions of other officers erode public trust and will not be tolerated by the Department of  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, D. Michael Dunavant, issued the following news release: A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Jonathan York and Tommy Morris, two former correctional officers at the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville, Tennessee, with federal civil rights, conspiracy, and obstruction offenses, announced Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband of the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, Un  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration issued the following news release: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Department of Transportation will award $8 million in airport infrastructure grants to two airports in the state of Tennessee. With this announcement, the Trump Administration has invested a historic $10.8 billion in more than two thousand American airports across the United States for safety an  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development - Tennessee office issued the following news release: * * * - Projects will Improve Water Pressure, Address Public Health and Environmental Issues * * * U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Donald "DJ" LaVoy today announced that the department is investing $635 million in 122 projects to improve water systems and wastewater handling services in rural communiti  more