BURLINGAME, California, Nov. 21 -- Proterra, a manufacturer of heavy-duty electric transportation, issued the following news release: Today Proterra, a leading innovator in heavy-duty electric transportation, announced that Atomic City Transit in Los Alamos, New Mexico has agreed to purchase two Proterra Catalyst(R) 35-foot E2 buses and two Proterra(R) 125 kW plug-in charging systems. Atomic City Transit is Proterra's first customer in New Mexico, increasing Proterra's reach into 43 U.S. states  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- The House Science, Space and Technology subcommittee on Energy issued the following testimony by Joseph Moore, a professor at the University of Utah's Energy and Geoscience Institute, hearing entitled "Water and Geothermal Power: Unearthing the Next Wave of Energy Innovation": "I am honored to appear before you today to discuss Project FORGE, an innovative geothermal energy research project funded by the Department of Energy in the state of Utah. "The thermal energy bene  more

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, Nov. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * - Los Alamos first national lab to join Gender Champions in Nuclear Policy * * * Los Alamos National Laboratory is the first national lab to join Gender Champions in Nuclear Policy, a leadership network that brings together heads of organizations working in nuclear policy who are committed to breaking down gender barriers and making gender equality a real  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 54042) involving International Isotopes, Idaho Falls, Idaho: EN Revision Imported Date : 11/20/2019 EN Revision Text: UNPLANNED CONTAMINATION EVENT DUE TO BREACHED CS-137 SOURCE The Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) at International Isotopes, Inc. reported that at 2130 PDT on 5/2/19, while changing out the Cs-137 source on a research irradiator, they breached the source which resulted in widespr  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works issued the following testimony by Peter B. Lyons, ex-Nuclear Regulatory Commission's commissioner, at a hearing entitled "Preserving and Expanding Clean, Reliable Nuclear Power: U.S. Commercial Nuclear Reactor Performance Trends and Safety Initiatives": "By way of introduction, my recent government service was as President Obama's Senate-confirmed nominee for Assistant Secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE) for Nuclear Energy,   more