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Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials in King of Prussia, Pa., have selected Blake Welling as the new Senior Resident Inspector at the Hope Creek nuclear power plant in Hancock's Bridge, N.J. NRC approves power uprate for Hope Creek nuclear plant The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a request by PSEG Nuclear to increase the generating capacity of the Hope Creek nuclear power plant by 15 percent. NRC to discuss inspection of company's assessment of groundwater contamination at Indian Point plant on May 20 The results of a Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspection of Entergy's work on characterizing groundwater contamination at the Indian Point nuclear power plant will be discussed at a public meeting on Tuesday, May 20. Indian Point is located in Buchanan (Westchester County), N.Y., and operated by Entergy Nuclear Northeast. Spin Control: New Technique Sorts Nanotubes by Length Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have reported* a new technique to sort batches of carbon nanotubes by length using high-speed centrifuges. Many potential applications for carbon nanotubes depend on the lengths of these microscopic cylinders, and one of the most important features of the new technique, say the scientists, is that it should be easily scalable to produce industrial quantities of high-quality nanotubes. DOE's Office of Science to Award High Performance Computing Resources to Advance Scientific Research WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today it is accepting proposals for a program to support high-impact scientific advances through the use of some of the world's most powerful supercomputers at four of DOE's national laboratories. Through the Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) program, DOE's Office of Science plans to award approximately 680 million supercomputer processor-hours at its laboratories in Berkeley, CA; Chicago, IL; Oak Ridge, TN; and Richland, WA for large-scale, computationally-intensive science projects in 2009. NRC to discuss apparent violations at Global Nuclear Fuels The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has scheduled a meeting for Monday, May 19 to discuss apparent violations of NRC regulations associated with an Alert declared on Jan. 30 at the Global Nuclear Fuels facility in Wilmington, N.C. NRC releases event reports for Nuclear Fuel Services and BWXT facilities for 2004 – 2007 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is releasing event notification reports for two nuclear fuel fabrication facilities, Nuclear Fuel Services (NFS) in Erwin, Tenn., and BWX Technologies (BWXT) in Lynchburg, Va., for the period 2004 – 2007, which were previously withheld for security reasons. Possible Mechanism for Enormous Electromechanical Response UPTON, NY - Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborators at Stony Brook University, Johns Hopkins University, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have discovered that nanosized regions with local polarizations, or "electric dipoles," in a special class of otherwise disordered materials may underlie these materials' extreme electromechanical response to an external electric field or physical deformation. NNSA Awards $1.7 Million in Nonproliferation R&D Grants to Small Businesses WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) today announced it has awarded $1.7 million to fund nuclear nonproliferation research and development (R&D) at small businesses across the United States. The research will support and strengthen the U.S. response to threats to U.S. national security posed by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Security Inspection of Livermore Lab Completed WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has initiated upgrades to security at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) after a recent security assessment identified several areas needing improvement. LLNL is managed by Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (LLNS). NRC names new resident inspector at River Bend Station Charles NortonThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has assigned Charles Norton as resident inspector at the River Bend Station, located near St. Francisville, La. He joins senior resident Grant Larkins at the plant, which is operated by Entergy Operations, Inc. NRC honors employees on June 2 in Rockville, MD The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold its 31st Annual Awards Ceremony at 2 p.m. on Monday, June 2, at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center to honor outstanding employees and their important contributions to the agency's success. During the ceremony, NRC will acknowledge recipients of Presidential Executive Rank Awards and the NRC's Distinguished and Meritorious Service Awards. Saudi Arabia and CERN sign Protocol to Cooperation Agreement Geneva, 9 May 2008. A Protocol to the 2006 Cooperation Agreement between Saudi Arabia and CERN was today signed at CERN by H.E. Dr. Mohammed I. Al-Suwaiyel, President of the King Abdulaziz City of Science and Technology, on behalf of the Government of Saudi Arabia, and Robert Aymar, Director General of CERN , in the presence of H.E. Ali I. Al-Naimi, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral resources and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Saudi Aramco, H.E. Dr. Ibrahim A. Al-Assaf, Minister of Finance and a delegation of representatives of Saudi universities and Saudi Aramco. Obituary: Robert I. Hulsizer Jr., MIT physics professor emeritus, 88 Professor of Physics Emeritus Robert I. Hulsizer Jr. PhD '48, a former chairman of the faculty and expert on elementary particle physics whose zeal for teaching science made him a student favorite at MIT, died on April 30 of complications from Alzheimer's. He was 88. Born in East Orange, N.J., in November 1919, Hulsizer received his BS in math from Bates College in 1940, an MA in physics from Wesleyan University in 1942 and his PhD in physics from MIT. During World War II, Hulsizer helped develop radar at the Radiation Lab at MIT. Among the applications he worked on were radar-guided bombsights that allowed bombers to find their targets through cloud cover, which was an important advance for wartime pilots who previously relied on visual sighting. In 1964, after spending 15 years at the University of Illinois, he returned to take a professorship at MIT and to direct what became the Education Research Center, which was focused on new ways of teaching science and integrating the humanities and social sciences. A tremendously popular and inspiring professor, Hulsizer saw teaching as an essential part of being a scientist. For many years, he taught the 8.01 and 8.02 elementary physics courses required of all MIT students, where he created many lively, vivid lectures and demonstrations that brought the subject to life. Ray Magliozzi '72, better known as half of Click and Clack from the National Public Radio series Car Talk, said Hulsizer was one of his favorite professors at MIT. Hastings, Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Press for Nuclear Cleanup Funding Washington, D.C. – As Chairman of the Nuclear Cleanup Caucus, Congressman Doc Hastings today led a bipartisan group of lawmakers in urging key House appropriators to provide additional funding for the Environmental Management program for Fiscal Year 2009. The Environmental Management program is responsible for cleaning up nuclear waste sites, including Hanford, that were created by the nation's World War II and Cold War era nuclear weapons production program. In a letter to the House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee, the lawmakers asked for assistance in restoring funds for nuclear cleanup to $6.6 billion. Hastings' letter was signed by a bipartisan group of lawmakers who represent communities and states that are home to nuclear cleanup sites or closed sites. DOE fills key management position at the Office of River Protection The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today named Stacy Charboneau as the Assistant Manager for Tank Farms at the Office of River Protection (ORP). In this role, she will be responsible for the continued safe storage and removal of 53 million gallons of chemical and radioactive waste from 170 underground tanks at the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington State. Obituaries: Former Sandia Labs Director Morgan Sparks dies; Inventor of first practical transistor ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Morgan Sparks, a former director of Sandia National Laboratories, inventor of the first practical transistor and a longtime civic leader in Albuquerque, died on Saturday May 3 at his daughter's home in Fullerton, Calif. He was 91 years old. The grid steps up a gear with EGEE III Enabling Grids for E-sciencE (EGEE) is the largest multi-disciplinary grid infrastructure in the world. Finding the Higgs boson; saving lives; addressing the energy problem; feeding the planet - the grid is swiftly becoming one of the extraordinary tools scientists use everyday. This month sees the start of the third phase of the project, EGEE-III, which is revolutionising the way data is analysed, stored and shared. Researchers identify pressure effects on nanomaterials LIVERMORE, Calif. – Transistors, lasers and solar-energy conversion devices may be easier to manipulate because of recent research by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists. Brookhaven Lab's Robert Palmer Elected Member of the National Academy of Sciences UPTON, NY - Robert Palmer, a senior physicist and head of the Advanced Accelerator Group at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He is among 72 new members elected this year "in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research." Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors that can be accorded a U.S. scientist. Shpyrko received APS organization's Young Investigator Award ARGONNE, Ill. (May 6, 2008) – The Advanced Photon Source (APS) Users Organization has named Oleg G. Shpyrko as the recipient of the 2008 Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award. The award recognizes an important technical or scientific accomplishment by a young investigator that depended on, or is beneficial to, the APS. Shpyrko received the award during 2008 Users Week at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, where he will also present his work. NNSA Unveils New Cyber-Security Network WASHINGTON, D.C. – National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Administrator Thomas D'Agostino today unveiled a new secure information network that will allow for more secure and reliable cyber-connections between all the NNSA sites. NRC to discuss Vermont Yankee nuclear plant annual assessment at public meeting set for May 12 in Brattleboro, VT. The results of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's annual safety performance assessment for the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant will be the subject of a public meeting on Monday, May 12. Vermont Yankee, a boiling-water reactor, is located in Vernon (Windham County), Vt., and operated by Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Berkeley Lab Astrophysicist and Nobel Laureate George Smoot Elected to National Academy of Sciences BERKELEY, CA – George Smoot, an astrophysicist and Nobel Laureate who holds joint appointments with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), and the University of California (UC) at Berkeley, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), one of the nation's highest honors for a scientist. He is one of 72 new members and 18 foreign associates to enter a private scientific organization that was established in 1863 under President Lincoln for the "furtherance of science and its use for the general welfare." Smoot's election to the academy brings the total number of Berkeley Lab NAS members to 61, or approximately three-percent of the total membership. Smoot shared the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics with NASA scientist John Mather "for discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation." The award was based on their experimental results from NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite, which were published in 1992 and provided the first substantial experimental evidence for the Big Bang theory of cosmology. Record-setting Laser May Aid Searches for Earthlike Planets Scientists at the University of Konstanz in Germany and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated an ultrafast laser that offers a record combination of high speed, short pulses and high average power. The same NIST group also has shown that this type of laser, when used as a frequency comb-an ultraprecise technique for measuring different colors of light-could boost the sensitivity of astronomical tools searching for other Earthlike planets as much as 100 fold. |
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