ORNL in the News

ORNL raises more than $1M for United Way

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 11:15:00 EDT

(Knoxville News Sentinel) Oak Ridge National Laboratory raised more than $1 million in its annual United Way campaign... 10/04 New material could speed development of hydrogen powered vehicles (PhysOrg.com) Researchers have designed a material made of graphene sheets for hydrogen storage that could advance development of hydrogen powered vehicles... 10/06 New appliances promise to reduce energy use in big ways and small (Wall Street Journal) Household efficiency is the biggest potential we have to reduce energy use in the U.S., says Jeff Christian, a researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory... 10/06 Tennessee: Energy summit aimed at technology (Chattanooga Times Free Press) The aim of the Governor's Summit on Clean Energy Technology, slated for Oct. 14-15 in Knoxville, is to develop strategies to make Tennessee a leader in the sector... 10/04 Nanosensors to protect world food supply (Knoxville News Sentinel) [opinion] I've been a strategic consultant to Oak Ridge National Laboratory in East Tennessee, a Department of Energy-sponsored facility that's done a lot of pioneering work in nanosensors... 10/05

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 11:15:00 EDT

(Knoxville News Sentinel) Oak Ridge National Laboratory raised more than $1 million in its annual United Way campaign... 10/04 New material could speed development of hydrogen powered vehicles (PhysOrg.com) Researchers have designed a material made of graphene sheets for hydrogen storage that could advance development of hydrogen powered vehicles... 10/06 New appliances promise to reduce energy use in big ways and small (Wall Street Journal) Household efficiency is the biggest potential we have to reduce energy use in the U.S., says Jeff Christian, a researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory... 10/06 Tennessee: Energy summit aimed at technology (Chattanooga Times Free Press) The aim of the Governor's Summit on Clean Energy Technology, slated for Oct. 14-15 in Knoxville, is to develop strategies to make Tennessee a leader in the sector... 10/04 Nanosensors to protect world food supply (Knoxville News Sentinel) [opinion] I've been a strategic consultant to Oak Ridge National Laboratory in East Tennessee, a Department of Energy-sponsored facility that's done a lot of pioneering work in nanosensors... 10/05

New material could speed development of hydrogen powered vehicles

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 11:15:00 EDT

(PhysOrg.com) Researchers have designed a material made of graphene sheets for hydrogen storage that could advance development of hydrogen powered vehicles... 10/06 New appliances promise to reduce energy use in big ways and small (Wall Street Journal) Household efficiency is the biggest potential we have to reduce energy use in the U.S., says Jeff Christian, a researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory... 10/06 Tennessee: Energy summit aimed at technology (Chattanooga Times Free Press) The aim of the Governor's Summit on Clean Energy Technology, slated for Oct. 14-15 in Knoxville, is to develop strategies to make Tennessee a leader in the sector... 10/04 Nanosensors to protect world food supply (Knoxville News Sentinel) [opinion] I've been a strategic consultant to Oak Ridge National Laboratory in East Tennessee, a Department of Energy-sponsored facility that's done a lot of pioneering work in nanosensors... 10/05

New appliances promise to reduce energy use in big ways and small

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 11:15:00 EDT

(Wall Street Journal) Household efficiency is the biggest potential we have to reduce energy use in the U.S., says Jeff Christian, a researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory... 10/06 Tennessee: Energy summit aimed at technology (Chattanooga Times Free Press) The aim of the Governor's Summit on Clean Energy Technology, slated for Oct. 14-15 in Knoxville, is to develop strategies to make Tennessee a leader in the sector... 10/04 Nanosensors to protect world food supply (Knoxville News Sentinel) [opinion] I've been a strategic consultant to Oak Ridge National Laboratory in East Tennessee, a Department of Energy-sponsored facility that's done a lot of pioneering work in nanosensors... 10/05

Tennessee: Energy summit aimed at technology

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 11:15:00 EDT

(Chattanooga Times Free Press) The aim of the Governor's Summit on Clean Energy Technology, slated for Oct. 14-15 in Knoxville, is to develop strategies to make Tennessee a leader in the sector... 10/04 Nanosensors to protect world food supply (Knoxville News Sentinel) [opinion] I've been a strategic consultant to Oak Ridge National Laboratory in East Tennessee, a Department of Energy-sponsored facility that's done a lot of pioneering work in nanosensors... 10/05

Nanosensors to protect world food supply

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 11:15:00 EDT

(Knoxville News Sentinel) [opinion] I've been a strategic consultant to Oak Ridge National Laboratory in East Tennessee, a Department of Energy-sponsored facility that's done a lot of pioneering work in nanosensors... 10/05

Nuclear renewal: Students at UT, other schools eye engineering careers

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 11:15:00 EDT

(Maryville Daily Times) Jackie Young was always good at math and science, but when she started college she never figured she'd end up pursuing a career in nuclear energy. Then professors at the University of Tennessee's nuclear engineering department briefed her and other undeclared freshmen about what they call a "nuclear renaissance"... 10/06

One Way Up: U.S. Space Plan Relies on Russia

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 11:15:00 EDT

(NY Times) This place was once no place, a secret military base northeast of Moscow that did not show up on maps. The Soviet Union trained its astronauts here to fight on the highest battlefield of the cold war: space... 10/05

Behind big job losses, a tighter credit squeeze

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 11:15:00 EDT

(CS Monitor) Pink slips are now being handed out at the fastest pace since 2003 - an economic event that may have ramifications from the ballot box to the Christmas tree... 10/06

Ruling due on import of nuclear waste

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 11:15:00 EDT

(Tennessean) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is expected to announce today what it intends to do about a request by the company EnergySolutions to ship Italy's low-level nuclear waste to Tennessee for processing... 10/06 Scientist takes job at LSU, blasts UT, ORNL (Knoxville News Sentinel) Distinguished scientist Ward Plummer is leaving Tennessee for a faculty position at Louisiana State University, where he'll lead a new research effort to support development of alternative energy sources... 10/04 New knee-replacement technology finding a better fit with patients (Knoxville New Sentinel) After more than seven decades of bending and flexing, the knees of Wanda Bowling of Elgin, Tenn., were feeling the effects of time... 10/06

Scientist takes job at LSU, blasts UT, ORNL

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 11:15:00 EDT

(Knoxville News Sentinel) Distinguished scientist Ward Plummer is leaving Tennessee for a faculty position at Louisiana State University, where he'll lead a new research effort to support development of alternative energy sources... 10/04 New knee-replacement technology finding a better fit with patients (Knoxville New Sentinel) After more than seven decades of bending and flexing, the knees of Wanda Bowling of Elgin, Tenn., were feeling the effects of time... 10/06

New knee-replacement technology finding a better fit with patients

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 11:15:00 EDT

(Knoxville New Sentinel) After more than seven decades of bending and flexing, the knees of Wanda Bowling of Elgin, Tenn., were feeling the effects of time... 10/06

New management team takes charge at NREL

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 11:15:00 EDT

(Electric, Light and Power) The new equally-owned management entity pairs two non-profit organizations -- Midwest Research Institute (MRI) and Battelle -- in a partnership that will enhance NREL's leadership and provide greater, more innovative impact... 10/03 U.S. Department of Energy to Extend Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Management and Operating Contract (DOE Press Release) Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman today announced his decision to authorize a four-year contract extension for the management and operation of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)... 10/03

U.S. Department of Energy to Extend Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Management and Operating Contract

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 11:15:00 EDT

(DOE Press Release) Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman today announced his decision to authorize a four-year contract extension for the management and operation of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)... 10/03

Experts agree: Environmental standards needed for biofuels

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 11:15:00 EDT

(Media Newswire) The United States lacks the standards to ensure that producing biofuels from cellulose won't cause environmental harm, says a distinguished group of international scientists... 10/06 Statement from DOE's Chief Spokesperson Andrew Beck Regarding Delivery of Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil (DOE Press Release) The U.S. Department of Energy is delivering 300,000 barrels of emergency exchange oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve... 10/06 Inside Energy Extra - 10/03 A daily report on U.S. energy policy [pdf file; ORNL subscription - internal use]

Statement from DOEs Chief Spokesperson Andrew Beck Regarding Delivery of Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 11:15:00 EDT

(DOE Press Release) The U.S. Department of Energy is delivering 300,000 barrels of emergency exchange oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve... 10/06 Inside Energy Extra - 10/03 A daily report on U.S. energy policy [pdf file; ORNL subscription - internal use]