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(PhysOrg) Power from nuclear fusion reactors has the promise to be safe, sustainable and limitless. But science has not been able to bring fusion energy to the commercial energy market. This is partly because the operating limits of the reactor materials are not known. Led by Brian Wirth, UT-ORNL Governor's Chair for Computational Nuclear Engineering, the Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC) project will receive $2.3 million from the Department of Energy for the first year with plans for a total of $11.5 million over five years...9/11 |
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DOE
(The Atlantic) ...In previous decades, the Department of Energy drove basic research by operating giant government-funded labs, but under the leadership of Energy Secretary and Nobel Laureate Steven Chu, the agency has transformed itself into something different: the biggest, greenest venture capital firm in the world...9/12
(Washington Post) Nearly two years before peace activists broke into a U.S. nuclear weapons facility in late July, government investigators warned in classified reports of lax security at the complex where the nation’s largest concentration of weapons-grade uranium is stored...9/11
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National
(Forbes) Slightly more than a year after Standard & Poor’s cut its credit rating on the U.S., one of its fellow ratings agencies is warning that it may follow suit if the next Congress fails to get a grip on the country’s debt problem...9/11
(Wall Street Journal) The U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, was killed when suspected Libyan religious extremists stormed the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi late Tuesday night, according to Libyan Deputy Prime Minister Mustafa Abushagour...9/12
East Tennessee
(WBIR) East Tennesseans are among the millions of Americans still searching for employment. Vanessa Allen has been out of work since February. She attended a job fair at the Tennessee National Guard Armory in Lenoir City Tuesday night to apply for several jobs...9/11
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