ORNL in the NewsNews items about or related to Oak Ridge National Laboratory. These items do not reflect the opinions or views of ORNL staff or management.Two commissioners monitor testing for ash at mulch site- August 15, 2008 (Knoxville News Sentinel) Knox County began drilling this morning near the Solway green waste facility after neighbors complained the company running the site buried ash from a power plant at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant there....813http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/aug/13/two-commissioners-monitor-testing-ash-mulch-site/ Y-12 finishes first set of refurbished parts for warhead- August 15, 2008 (Knoxville News Sentinel) Workers at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant have completed the first set of refurbished parts for the W76 warhead...814http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/aug/14/y-12-finishes-first-set-of-refurbished-parts-for/ Experts Accuse Bush Administration of Foot-Dragging on DNS Security Hole- August 15, 2008 (Wired) Despite a recent high-profile vulnerability that showed the net could be hacked in minutes, the domain name system -- a key internet infrastructure -- continues to suffer from a serious security weakness...813http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/experts-accuse.html The Genetic Map of Europe- August 15, 2008 (New York Times) Biologists have constructed a genetic map of Europe showing the degree of relatedness between its various populations....813http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/science/13visual.html?partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&am... N.C. congressman Shuler, TVA swap land- August 15, 2008 (Knoxville News Sentinel) TVA has approved a water-access deal for a development group whose investors include U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler, D-N.C., who sits on a committee that exercises oversight of the federal utility....814http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/aug/14/shuler-tva-swap-land/ Hardin Valley: Western Education- August 15, 2008 (Metro Pulse) With Hardin Valley Academy, Knox County Schools opened its first new high school in 40 years....813http://www.metropulse.com/news/2008/aug/13/western-education/ With Energy in Focus, Heat Pumps Win Fans- August 15, 2008 (New York Times) Even without financial incentives from the government or energy utilities, says John Shonder of the Energy Department's Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, "ground-source heat pumps have the lowest life-cycle costs in several cost studies that I've done" of heating and air-conditioning systems....813http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/14/business/smallbusiness/14sbiz.html?partner=rssuserland&a... The 2007 Hot100- August 15, 2008 (Business TN) This year, BusinessTN introduces the Hot100... With 4,200 employees and $1.2 billion in revenue (up from $1.02 the previous year and up from $560 million in 2000), ORNL is America's fastest-growing lab....813http://www.businesstn.com/content/200711/2007-hot100 After Warning Moscow, U.S. Has Few Options- August 15, 2008 (Washington Post) White House mixes strong rhetoric with modest action in response to Russia's continued military incursion in Georgia despite cease-fire agreement....814 Registration Requiredhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/13/AR2008081303752.html?hpid=... O.R.N.L. gives direction in high school renovation- August 15, 2008 (WBIR-TV) It's a beauty, Pat Postma said as she walked the halls of the newly renovated Oak Ridge High School.....813http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=62127&catid=2 |