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20 Aug 2008

Today's Categories: PNNL in the News / Hanford Site / Energy/Science Policy / Northwest Science and Technology / National/International Science and Technology / Security / Workforce - Health and Safety / Community /

PNNL in the News

NDSU, labs collaborate

New partnerships between North Dakota State University and national laboratories could help purify water, lower solar energy production costs and increase national security ... Through a 30,000 [dollar] contract from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, based in Richland, Wash., NDSU scientists will advise on designing, establishing and operating a large-scale RFID and wireless sensor lab.

IN-FORUM Business (ND)20 Aug 2008R

PNNL names science, tech deputy director

Steven Ashby from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has been named deputy director for science and technology at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Hanford News20 Aug 2008R

PNNL to test high-tech security system at Americans games

Tri-City Americans fans attending home hockey games in September and October can expect to be discreetly checked for explosive devices and other security threats as part of a test of high-tech detection systems by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

tricityherald.com20 Aug 2008R

Elite idea factory's biggest venture yet: safer and cheaper nuclear power plants

Intellectual Ventures ... has begun to reveal details of what Myhrvold calls the firm's "most ambitious project" - a new type of safer and cheaper nuclear reactor. ... Jon Phillips, director of the sustainable nuclear power initiative at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, a Department of Energy facility in Richland, said nuclear power "is going to play a big role if carbon management is an issue in the future."

Puget Sound Business Journal19 Aug 2008

Hanford Site

State won't appeal ruling on Hanford initiative

KENNEWICK, Wash. - The state says it will live with a federal appeals court ruling that found Initiative 297 unconstitutional. Voters passed the initiative in 2004. It would have barred the federal government from shipping waste to the Hanford nuclear site until the waste that's already there is cleaned up.

The Seattle Times19 Aug 2008R

Energy/Science Policy

Science progress assessed

OAK RIDGE - An influential cross-section of the U.S. science community gathered here this week to assess the health and direction of the nation's science and technology enterprise. The national summit was mandated as part of the America COMPETES Act, which was passed by Congress last year.

knoxvillebiz.com (Knoxville News Sentinel, TN)20 Aug 2008R

SRC Proposal at National Science and Technology Summit Calls for Prioritizing Government - Industry Research Collaboration to Boost Multiple American Industries' Competitiveness

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. & OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (BUSINESS WIRE) - Seeking to improve the return on investment in federal research and increase the pool of future scientists and engineers, the Semiconductor Research Corporation today recommended that the federal agencies devote more resources to consortium-based research in collaboration with various industries critical to the U.S. economy. (press release)

MarketWatch19 Aug 2008

Northwest Science and Technology

MSU picked as home for Wind Applications Center

BOZEMAN - The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has named Montana State University as the home for the state's new Wind Applications Center. (press release)

Montana State University19 Aug 2008

National/International Science and Technology

Ames laboratory physicist develops 'electrifying' theory

John R. Clem, a physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory, has developed a theory that will help build future superconducting alternating-current fault-current limiters for electricity transmission and distribution systems.

innovations report (Germany)19 Aug 2008

Looking For Energy, Google Goes To Hell

On Tuesday, Google.org, the philanthropic arm of search giant Google, announced it would try to help spur companies to reach underground to produce clean electricity. It is investing a total of 10 million [dollars] in a geothermal energy company called AltaRock Energy and a drilling company called Potter Drilling, and it is funding research and mapping efforts and a policy agenda.

Forbes.com19 Aug 2008R

New Instrument To Control The Size Of Nanoclusters Could Lead To Reduced Pollution From Petroleum Products

Melissa Patterson, a W. Burghardt Turner Fellow at Stony Brook University (SBU), will give a talk at an upcoming conference on controlling the size of nanoclusters, research she performed using a new instrument at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory.

ScienceDaily19 Aug 2008

Security

Citizens' U.S. Border Crossings Tracked

Officials say the Border Crossing Information system, disclosed last month by the Department of Homeland Security in a Federal Register notice, is part of a broader effort to guard against terrorist threats.

washingtonpost.com20 Aug 2008R

India nuclear deal could trigger arms race: US lawmakers

WASHINGTON - A nuclear energy deal between the United States and India could fuel an arms race with Pakistan unless it is amended to ensure New Delhi is banned from producing new weapons-grade material and from conducting nuclear test explosions, two US lawmakers said Wednesday.

AFP20 Aug 2008

Poland Signs Missile-Shield Agreement With U.S.

Poland signed an agreement with the U.S. to host an American anti-missile base, tightening ties at a time when Russia's incursion into Georgia reawakens concern about aggression from Moscow.

Bloomberg.com20 Aug 2008

Workforce - Health and Safety

International Safety: Summit Encourages Safety Culture

More than 120 senior executives and health and safety managers convened in Wellington, New Zealand, to attend the Leaders in Health and Safety Summit, where they were urged to foster a safety culture within their workplaces.

Occupational Hazards19 Aug 2008

New Report: Adult Obesity Rates Rise in 37 States, Obesity Rates Now Exceed 25 Percent in More Than Half of States

WASHINGTON (USNewswire) - "America's future depends on the health of our country. The obesity epidemic is lowering our productivity and dramatically increasing our health care costs." (press release)

PRNewswire (NY)19 Aug 2008

OSHA Proposes Clarification of Requirements for Personal Protective Equipment and Training

WASHINGTON (PRNewswire via COMTEX) - Today, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration published in the Federal Register ... a proposed rule to clarify the individualized nature of the requirement to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) and training for workers.

MarketWatch19 Aug 2008

Workers crave onsite guidance, study states

When it came to company loyalty, salary and health benefits beat retirement benefits: 87% felt that their wages kept them at the workplace, while 81% felt the same about their health care.

InvestmentNews19 Aug 2008

Community

HANFORD: Historic B Reactor under new roof

Workers have finished replacing much of historic B Reactor's roof. Washington Closure Hanford awarded a subcontract to Federal Engineers & Constructors to replace the sections of the roof in the worst shape.

tricityherald.com19 Aug 2008R

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