OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The American Nuclear Society (ANS) has recognized two nuclear researchers, Julie G. Ezold and Yutai Katoh, both of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, at its annual Winter Meeting and Nuclear Technology Expo, held in Washington, D.C. Ezold, of ORNL's Isotope and Fuel Cycle Technology Division, received the E. Gail de Planque Medal for the advan  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Kathy McCarthy has been named director of the US ITER Project Office at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, effective March 2020. US ITER is managed by ORNL, with partner labs Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and Savannah River National Laboratory, and has the responsibility of designing, fabricating and delivering hardware for the internati  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: A technology developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and scaled up by Vertimass LLC to convert ethanol into fuels suitable for aviation, shipping and other heavy-duty applications can be price-competitive with conventional fuels while retaining the sustainability benefits of bio-based ethanol, according to a new analysis. ORNL work  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release: DOE (https://www.energy.gov/energygov) unveiled an innovative public-private partnership on Nov. 22 set to provide unique isotopes to aid in next-generation cancer research and treatment as well as nuclear cleanup. DOE Deputy Under Secretary for Science T.L. Cubbage and Ike White, head of the EM program, were joined by U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn and R  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Henriette Jager, senior research scientist in the Environmental Sciences Division at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The AAAS is the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals. Fellows are chos  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: John Katsaras, a biophysicist specializing in neutron scattering and the study of biological membranes at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, had a rather unusual birthday party last year. In place of cake and candles were research presentations and discussions about biomembranes. Attendees from around the world--Canada, Russia, the United Stat  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 26 -- The Tennessee Valley Authority issued the following news release: The Tennessee Valley Authority is asking the public to provide input on the potential environmental impacts of a new solar project in Lincoln County, Tennessee. Details of the review of the Elora Solar Center Project are available in a draft Environmental Assessment at www.tva.com/nepa. TVA has entered into an agreement with Elora Solar LLC to purchase the power generated by the proposed Elora So  more