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Friday Program - ONLINE
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ETEC’s goal is to meet virtually until we can be together again on Friday mornings.
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ETEC Board of Directors
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7:30 - 8:30 a.m. (EST)
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All members and guests are welcome to attend.
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The meeting will feature updates from TVA and ORNL.
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ATTENDEES MUST REGISTER TO ATTEND:
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We will use the Zoom Conferencing platform in its normal format. Attendees will be visible unless they choose to turn off their video.
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Want to Bring A Guest?
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Members are always welcome to bring a guest to the ETEC meeting on Friday mornings, even when we are meeting virtually. If you want to introduce a guest to the group gathered online, email Tracy and she will put you on the meeting agenda. Or, fill out the online form here.
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Networking
8:30 to 9:00 a.m. Friday morning in the Zoom Breakout Rooms.
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When you register for the meeting, choose a topic for your breakout room on the registration page:
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- General Discussion
- Business Development
- Education
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Upcoming Friday Meetings
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October 9 - Ambassador Bill Hagerty, U.S. Senate Candidate
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Events
Sept 24 - TSBDC: How to do business with the government, Part 2 / WEBINAR
Sept 24 - DOE/UCOR: Transforming an Enrichment Complex into a Community Asset-Panel 1
Sept 24 - EERE: Live Demo of New Website for Submissions
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Sept 30 - DOE/UCOR: Transforming an Enrichment Complex into a Community Asset-Panel 2
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Oct 1 - UT PTAC: Intro to SBIR/STTR Commercialization
Oct 5 - tnAchieves 100,000th Student Celebration – Webinar Series
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Oct 8 - DOE/UCOR: Transforming an Enrichment Complex into a Community Asset-Panel 3
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Oct 8 - tnAchieves 100,000th Student Celebration – Webinar Series
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Oct 9 - tnAchieves 100,000th Student Celebration – Webinar Series (9:00 am)
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Oct 9 - tnAchieves 100,000th Student Celebration – Webinar Series (12:30 pm)
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Experienced Leaders Assume New Roles with CNS
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Two established leaders moved into new roles within Consolidated Nuclear Security. Gene Sievers, formerly vice president of the Mission Assurance organization, now serves as the Y-12 National Security Complex Site Manager. Blake Scott, previously senior director of Lithium Transformation, replaced Sievers as vice president of Mission Assurance.
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ORNL Neutron Facilities Offer Remote Access
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How can scientists conduct experiments if they can’t be in the same room with their samples and instruments? That was the challenge the DOE’s ORNL faced when the COVID-19 pandemic began to unfold. The HFIR and the SNS at ORNL, two of the most powerful neutron sources in the world, attract hundreds of researchers to the laboratory each year.
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How Cold Warriors Stopped Nuclear Smuggling
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With the dawn of the atomic age came a highly classified operation to intercept nuclear explosives at U.S. airports. The idea that raw material for one or more of those nuclear devices might be smuggled into the U.S. is a worry that stretches back to the onset of the cold war and was the topic at a closed hearing of the Senate Special Committee on Atomic Energy in 1945.
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Celebrating Vision 2020 with Virtual Town Halls
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DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management and its contractor, UCOR, are celebrating reaching Vision 2020 next month. This EM 2020 priority is a historic achievement that will mark the first-ever cleanup of a uranium enrichment complex in the world.
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Spark Innovation Center Holds Virtual Ribbon Cutting
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The University of Tennessee Research Park at Cherokee Farm hosted a virtual ribbon cutting ceremony last week for its new “Spark Innovation Center.” More than 80 people tuned-in for the event that featured brief descriptions by the six inaugural participants and more.
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Texas A&M System and UT Join in Bid for Contract
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Top leaders of The Texas A&M University System and the University of Tennessee System announced a strategic alliance for purposes of joining a team to compete for the management-and-operations contract of the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee and the Pantex Plant in Texas.
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Roane State Helps Students, Businesses Impacted by COVID-19
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The Roane State Foundation received a $75,000 “Tennessee Community CARES” grant to assist students and provide training for local small businesses, entrepreneurs, and contractors.
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tnAchieves Celebrates 100,000th College Student Enrolled
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This fall, tnAchieves directly supported its 100,000th student into college. To celebrate, tnAchieves will host webinars throughout the week of October 5th highlighting its varied stakeholders.
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KEC Hosts Co.Starters Rebuild Program
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As small businesses navigate the COVID-19 crisis, the CO.STARTERS Rebuild program provides entrepreneurs with a practical pathway and trusted tools to approach the market in new way, one step at a time.
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New Member
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East Tennessee PBS is a non-profit, viewer-supported public broadcasting station dedicated to providing lifelong learning opportunities to more than two million viewers in East Tennessee, Southwest Virginia, and Western North Carolina, via antenna, cable, broadband, and satellite services. They exist to serve the needs of East Tennessee as a community partner affecting positive change by educating, entertaining, and challenging minds.
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Membership Information
Ready to Join . . .
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• To learn more about ETEC and the Friday morning meetings, visit the website.
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Already a Member . . .
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• To inquire about the status of your membership, email Tracy
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East Tennessee Economic Council
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1201 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Suite 100
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