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Audio Spot: ORNL to assist Nissan with electric car power recharge needs    Audio Clip
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Aug. 6, 2009 — Nissan's plan to build 5,000 short-haul electric cars with a range of 100 miles will get a boost from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Audio Spot: Knox science teachers receive ORNL science briefings    Audio Clip
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Aug. 6, 2009 — A number of science teachers in Knox County Schools are receiving briefings this summer on research taking place at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Oak Ridge Supercomputers Provide First Simulation of Abrupt Climate Change     Audio Clip
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., July 16, 2009 — At the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the world's fastest supercomputer for unclassified research is simulating abrupt climate change and shedding light on an enigmatic period of natural global warming in Earth's relatively recent history. The work, led by scientists at the University of Wisconsin and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), is featured in the July 17 issue of the journal Science and provides valuable new data about the causes and effects of global climate change.

President cites ORNL's Gary A. Baker as leading early career scientist    Audio Clip
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., July 10, 2009 — Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher Gary A. Baker has been named to receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Baker is one of 12 Department of Energy scientists to receive the presidential award.

H.T. Hackney, Knoxville Area Transit team with ORNL, DOT    Audio Clip
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., July 7, 2009 — Local distributor H.T. Hackney and Knoxville Area Transit have teamed up with the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Department of Transportation to help improve national highway safety, energy efficiency and performance of America's medium-class 6 and 7 trucks and transit buses.

ORNL kicks off 2009 United Way campaign    Audio Clip
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 23, 2009 — University of Tennessee head football coach Lane Kiffin helped the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory kick off its 2009 United Way campaign with a rally in front of hundreds of employees.

WKU Students Work On Project With Oak Ridge National Lab     Audio Clip
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 18, 2009 — WKU Students Work On Project With Oak Ridge National Lab

ORNL welcomes a record number of summer interns    Audio Clip
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 17, 2009 — A record number of undergraduate and graduate students at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are learning firsthand about science and technologies that could change lives.

ORNL partners with GE on new electric water heater    Audio Clip
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 4, 2009 — About 400 jobs will be created at a Louisville General Electric plant where a new electric water heater will be built.

Chemical Science Building Groundbreaking    Audio Clip
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 29, 2009 — Officials of the Department of Energy and UT-Battelle broke ground today on a $95 million Chemical and Materials Sciences facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Construction of the new laboratory facility is supported by funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act enacted by Congress earlier this year.

ORNL to assist in Syracuse wall testing effort    Audio Clip
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 28, 2009 — The Buildings Technology Center of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is joining an effort in Syracuse, N.Y., to gather information on the effectiveness of new energy efficient wall technologies.

Governor's School for Math, Science concluding for year    Audio Clip
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 13, 2009 — High school students from across Tennessee enrolled in this academic year's Governor's Academy for Math and Science are concluding their work at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory almost nine months after they started, according to academy director Craig Green of the University of Tennessee.

Wider truck tires can result in carrying more cargo    Audio Clip
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 13, 2009 — Tractor-trailers may be able to improve fuel efficiency and increase the amount of cargo with single wide tires instead of the more conventional and thinner dual tires.

Bredesen Proposes Volunteer State Solar Initiative    Audio Clip
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 13, 2009 — Governor Phil Bredesen today proposed the Volunteer State Solar Initiative, a comprehensive solar-energy and economic-development program that will use up to $62.5 million in federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to advance job creation, education, research, and renewable-power production in Tennessee.

DOE to establish Energy Frontier Research Centers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory     Audio Clip
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., April 28, 2009 — Oak Ridge National Laboratory will be home to two of 46 new multi-million-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) announced today by the White House in conjunction with a speech delivered by President Barack Obama at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences.

Senate Energy Chairman Bingaman visits ORNL    Audio Clip
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., April 25, 2009 — OAK RIDGE, Tenn., April 24, 2009 - U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, (D-New Mexico), who chairs the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, visited Oak ridge National Laboratory today said research taking place at the Spallation Neutron Source at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory works in concert with work taking place at the two national laboratories located in his state of New Mexico.

ORNL employees encouraged to make Earth Day choices    Audio Clip
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., April 22, 2009 — A focus of Earth Day 2009 at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is encouraging employees to make environmentally friendly choices, according to the laboratory's Earth Day coordinator, Ramie Wilkerson.