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DOE/IG-0797 Results NRC to discuss 2007 performance assessment for Waterford 3 nuclear plant The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will meet in Kilona, La., on July 24, with representatives of Entergy Operations, to discuss the agency's assessment of safety performance for last year at the Waterford 3 nuclear plant. Visualizing atomic-scale acoustic waves in nanostructures LIVERMORE, Calif. – Acoustic waves play many everyday roles – from communication between people to ultrasound imaging. Now the highest frequency acoustic waves in materials, with nearly atomic-scale wavelengths, promise to be useful probes of nanostructures such as LED lights. MIT instrument studies edge of sun's bubble; Spacecraft gives data on space beyond sun's influence The Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft have traveled beyond the edges of the bubble in space where the sun's constant outward wind of particles and radiation slams into the interstellar medium that pervades our galaxy. The first scientific reports on what the Voyagers found there appears this week in the journal Nature. NRC issues Confirmatory Order to former Hatch nuclear plant contract employee The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a Confirmatory Order to Anthony Fortuna, who was employed as a contract electrician at Southern Nuclear's Hatch nuclear plant near Baxley, Ga., in early 2006. NRC assigns new senior resident inspector to Indian Point 2 nuclear plant George J. MaloneNuclear Regulatory Commission officials in the Region I office in King of Prussia have selected George J. Malone as the Senior Resident Inspector at the Indian Point 2 nuclear power plant in Buchanan, N.Y. Inspection Report on “Internal Controls Over Sensitive Compartmented Information Access for Selected Field Intelligence Elements Inspection Report on “Internal Controls Over Sensitive Compartmented Information Access for Selected Field Intelligence Elements,” DOE/IG-0796 Results * We concluded that the Department of Energy’s Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence and its subordinate Field Intelligence Elements at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories did not have adequate administrative internal controls over their databases used to track sensitive compartmented information (SCI) access authorizations. Specifically, based on our comparison of databases containing the names, authorizations, and facility accesses of Los Alamos and Sandia SCI access holders, we found that: U.S. and Japan Agree to Secure Seaport Cargo Partnership Aimed at Preventing Nuclear Smuggling WASHINGTON, DC - Japan is implementing new port security measures in cooperation with the United States as part of the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Megaports Initiative. Both countries announced today that they will cooperate in preventing the illicit trafficking of nuclear and radiological material in the global maritime shipping system. Nuclear and Radiological Material Removed from Japan, Germany, Sweden, and Denmark Highly enriched uranium and plutonium returned under NNSA's Global Threat Reduction Initiative DOE Issues Request for Proposals Seeking a Contractor to Manage and Operate its Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued its Request for Proposals (RFP) for the competitive selection of a contractor to manage and operate Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), a DOE Office of Science research facility in Princeton, NJ. PPPL receives approximately $78 million annually from DOE. This is the first competition for a contractor in the history of the laboratory. STFC announces ambitious £1.975bn science funding program The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) on Thursday 3 July announced a three-year £1.975bn funding programme which will maintain UK scientific leadership in physics and astronomy and operate world-leading facilities for the benefit of UK scientists. Five million Euros to prepare Europe for the International Linear Collider The partners of the 'ILC-HiGrade' proposal for the European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme have just started a contract for five million Euros funding over the next four years with the European Commission. 'ILC-HiGrade' stands for 'International Linear Collider and High Gradient Superconducting RF-Cavities.' One of the main objectives of the proposal is a small serial production of accelerating cavities, superconducting components made of pure niobium for the planned International Linear Collider (ILC), that reach the high technical standards needed for the planned particle physics project. Other objectives of the ILC-HiGrade proposal are the development of a possible organisation and governance for the ILC and measures to prepare for the actual construction of the machine, including a detailed study on possible sites in Europe. DOE: Argonne to receive $7.5 million from supplemental funding bill ARGONNE, Ill. (July 3, 2008)-During an all-hands meeting at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory on Wednesday, July 2, Acting Deputy Secretary of Energy Jeff Kupfer announced that Argonne National Laboratory will receive $7.5 million in additional funding from the Department of Energy. The money, a one-time allocation for fiscal year 2008, comes from the recently passed supplemental budget bill. Both Fermilab and Argonne will receive additional funding from the bill, which should stave off any further layoffs at both laboratories. Los Alamos National Laboratory technologies capture prestigious R&D 100 awards LOS ALAMOS, N.M., July 3, 2008 - Cutting-edge innovations garnered Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers two of R&D Magazine's prestigious R&D 100 Awards. The awards, which will be presented October 16 in Chicago, recognize the top 100 industrial innovations worldwide in 2008. Winning Laboratory projects are the 3-D Tracking Microscope and Laser-Weave technology. NRC meeting July 17 in Waynesboro, Ga., to discuss review process for Vogtle new reactor application Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will conduct a public meeting in Waynesboro, Ga., on Thursday, July 17, to discuss the agency's review process for Southern Nuclear Operating Co.'s application for a Combined License (COL) application to build and operate two AP1000 reactors at the Vogtle site near Waynesboro. NIST Response to NRC Confirmatory Action Letter Statement from James M. Turner, Deputy Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology NNSA Achieves Major Milestone In Project to Thwart Nuclear Smuggling in Kazakhstan: Eight Sites Equipped With Radiation Detection Equipment WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Kazakhstan Customs Control Committee, in cooperation with the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), began operating eight new sites this week outfitted with radiation detection equipment on the Kazakhstan border. The radiation detection systems, which were installed at seven border crossings and one training facility, will detect and deter the illicit smuggling of nuclear and radiological materials. NRC sends special inspection team to NIST lab in Colorado following report of possible plutonium contamination Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspectors have returned to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) laboratory at Boulder, Colo., to continue inspections aimed at determining the circumstances and safety consequences associated with a plutonium contamination event which occurred on June 9. NRC approves power uprate for Cooper nuclear power plant The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on June 30th approved a request by Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) to increase Cooper Nuclear Station's generating capacity by 1.62 percent. The reactor is about 23 miles south of Nebraska City, Neb. PNNL researcher selected for prestigious symposium RICHLAND, Wash. – Eric Smith, a radiation detection instrumentation specialist at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, has been invited to participate in the 2008 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium in September. Ames Laboratory's Pat Thiel receives chemistry honor AMES, Iowa –Pat Thiel, Ames Laboratory Division Director for Science and Technology, received the 2008 Iota Sigma Pi Honorary Member Award from the National Honor Society for Women in Chemistry on June 27 at the organization's 29th Triennial Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio. Thiel is the 33rd recipient of the award which was established in 1921 and has gone to three Nobel Laureates, including Marie Curie. LLNL scientists and engineers capture three awards for top industrial innovations LIVERMORE - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have garnered three awards for being among the top 100 industrial innovations worldwide in 2007, developing advanced technologies with commercial potential. OAK RIDGE, Tenn., July 1, 2008 - Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have won six R&D 100 Awards for innovative technologies in areas ranging from national security to the advanced materials industry. A front-row seat at this summer's physics extravaganza: MIT team taking part in quest to find elusive Higgs boson Nearly 20 years in the making, the largest particle accelerator in the world will start running in Switzerland this summer, offering scientists a glimpse of particles that have never been seen before. Barbara Liskov named Institute Professor Barbara H. Liskov, the Associate Provost for Faculty Equity and Ford Professor of Engineering, was today named an Institute Professor, the highest honor awarded by MIT's faculty and administration. |
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