Recent Audio Spots

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Audio Spot: ORNL engineer studying Texas construction damage    Audio Clip
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Sep. 18, 2008 — Oak Ridge National Laboratory Buildings Technology Center engineer Andre Desjarlais is part of a team of national roofing experts sent to Texas, studying construction damage from Hurricane Ike.

Audio Spot: Alexander speaks at National Science and Technology at ORNL    Audio Clip
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Aug. 20, 2008 — Sen. Lamar Alexander told a National Science and Technology Summit audience in Oak Ridge that scientists need to try to solve some new energy challenges in addition to the older ones already being taken on.

Summitt encourages ORNL employees to back United Way    Audio Clip
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Aug. 13, 2008 — Speaking to hundreds of UT-Battelle employees at a United Way campaign rally, University of Tennessee Lady Vols Basketball Coach Pat Summitt said she has used United Way to motivate her team in ways that go beyond winning on the basketball court - even for a national champion.

Audio Spot: ORNL steam plant will convert to bioenergy    Audio Clip
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Aug. 11, 2008 — Changes to a 50-year-old steam plant at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Natural Laboratory will result in burning wood products provided from sawmills and pallet makers, producing steam from bio-energy.

Audio Spot: ORNL may assist Volkswagen with new plant set-up    Audio Clip
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., July 31, 2008 — Automotive technology capabilities at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are credited with helping nearby Chattanooga, Tenn., land the new Volkswagen Plant.

Audio Spot: Appalachian Regional Commission students, teachers at ORNL    Audio Clip
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., July 31, 2008 — Forty-two students and 19 teachers from high schools in areas covered by the 13-state Appalachian Regional Commission recently spent two weeks learning about science opportunities at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Audio Spot: UT-Battelle corporate fellow suggests fuel savings to Congress    Audio Clip
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., July 24, 2008 — UT-Battelle Corporate Fellow David Greene told a U.S. Senate committee drivers can determine a more accurate fuel mileage by the way they drive while not relying so much on Environmental Protection Agency numbers assigned their particular model.

Audio Spot: ETSU Governor's School visits ORNL    Audio Clip
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 26, 2008 — Thirty high school students attending East Tennessee State University's five-week Governor's School for Mathematics and Biology got a vision of possible career opportunities during a recent visit to the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

UT-Battelle donates $100,000 to Roane State Campaign    Audio Clip
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 17, 2008 — UT-Battelle has announced a $100,000 gift to help build new laboratories at Roane State Community College's Oak Ridge campus. The gift is part of the college's fundraising campaign to build new classrooms and science laboratories.

Oak Ridge National Lab wins White House pollution prevention award    Audio Clip
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 16, 2008 — The Green Transportation Initiative at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has received a White House Closing the Circle Award, recognizing outstanding federal environmental stewardship practices.

Audio Spot: New medicine therapeutics company is spinout from ORNL    Audio Clip
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 10, 2008 — A Company, NellOne Therapeutics, has been formed through Battelle Ventures to research the potential for a new therapy that could help heart patients, according to Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientist Cymbeline Culiat.

Audio Spot: New superconductor receives ORNL neutron analysis    Audio Clip
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 4, 2008 — Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory's High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR), a Department of Energy neutron science facility, have analyzed a newly discovered material with superconducting properties at relatively high temperatures.