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Opportunity to Comment on Kairos Power’s Hermes Project Environmental Impact

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking public input on environmental issues pertaining to Kairos Power’s construction permit application for the Hermes low-power demonstration reactor to be built at the Heritage Center site in East Tennessee Technology Park. ETEC is pleased to have Kairos Power as a member and we would encourage anyone with an interest in this project to participate.

March 15, 2022

Smithsonian Exhibit Honors ORNL’s Amy Elliott with Life-Sized Statue Recognizing Women in STEM

Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientist Amy Elliott is one of 120 women featured in a new exhibit, IfThenSheCan, at the Smithsonian to commemorate Women’s History Month. A life-size 3D printed statue of Elliott, a manufacturing scientist, is now on display in the Smithsonian Castle in Washington, D.C., through March 27. The statues recognize women who have excelled in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, and is the largest collection of women statues ever assembled.

March 9, 2022

EM Releases Updated Strategic Vision Outlining Coming Decade of Accomplishments

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) today released its Strategic Vision 2022-2032, a blueprint to the program’s anticipated cleanup achievements over the next decade.

March 8, 2022

ORNL, TVA partner to drive decarbonization, explore carbon-free technologies

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Tennessee Valley Authority, or TVA, are joining forces to advance decarbonization technologies from discovery through deployment through a new memorandum of understanding, or MOU.

March 1, 2022

Clinch River Nuclear Site – Draft PEIS Public Comment Period Open

TVA has published the Clinch River Nuclear Site Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technology Park Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (CRN PEIS). A Notice of Availability was published in the Federal Register. The Draft PEIS and online comment form are available on TVA’s website.

February 28, 2022

Input Sought for Test Reactor Environmental Review

NRC staff will seek public views on environmental issues the agency should consider in reviewing Kairos Power’s application for a construction permit to build the “Hermes” test reactor at a site in Oak Ridge. NRC staff will consider written comments regarding environmental topics until April 19. The staff will hold a meeting on March 23, to discuss the safety and environmental review processes and take comments. Meeting details will be available by March 11 on the NRC’s public meeting calendar or the agency webpage on the Kairos application.

February 23, 2022

Construction and Demonstration of a Prototype Mobile Microreactor Environmental Impact Statement

The Department of Defense (DoD), acting through the Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) and with the Department of Energy (DOE) serving as a cooperating agency, announces the availability of the Final Construction and Demonstration of a Prototype Mobile Microreactor Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIS).

February 22, 2022

ORNL experts help measure new world record for fusion energy

A new fusion record was announced Feb. 9 in the United Kingdom: At the Joint European Torus, or JET, researchers from the EUROfusion consortium documented the generation of 59 megajoules of sustained fusion energy, more than doubling the previous 1997 record.

February 22, 2022

DOE Optimizes Structure to Implement $62 Billion in Clean Energy Investments From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

DOE announced an organizational realignment to ensure that the Department has the structure needed to effectively implement the clean energy investments in President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Energy Act of 2020.

February 15, 2022

Economic development honor among ORNL’s 5 federal laboratory awards

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development were recognized by the Federal Laboratory Consortium for their impactful partnership that resulted in a record $2.3 billion investment by Ultium Cells.

February 15, 2022