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January 30, 2013
Advanced Reactor Concepts Technical Review Panel Report

This report documents the establishment of a technical review process and the findings of the Advanced Reactor Concepts (ARC) Technical Review Panel (TRP).1 The intent of the process is to identify R&D needs for viable advanced reactor concepts in order to inform DOE-NE R&D investment decisions. A goal of the process is to facilitate greater engagement between DOE and industry. The process involved establishing evaluation criteria, conducting a pilot review, soliciting concept inputs from industry entities, reviewing the concepts by TRP members and compiling the results.

January 29, 2013
Members of the Los Alamos High School team, Los Alamos, New Mexico, concentrates on the answer to a question at the 2012 National Science Bowl in Washington D.C. on April 29, 2012. | Photograph by Dennis Brack, Office of Science
Thousands of Students Prepare to Compete in the National Science Bowl

Until March 9th, thousands of middle- and high-school students will compete in 120 regional competitions all across the country as well as Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

January 29, 2013
BISON Enhanced with Improved Models for Cladding and Coolant Channels

Development of BISON for the engineering-scale simulation of nuclear fuel performance continued during this quarter.

January 29, 2013
Coolant Sub-Channel and Smeared-Cracking Models in BISON

A single-pin coolant sub-channel model was implemented that enables BISON to compute the heat transfer coefficient and coolant temperature as a function of axial position along the fuel pin (rather than requiring this information to be supplied by the user).

January 28, 2013
We Asked, You Answered: An #EnergyPledge Roundup

We made a Storify highlighting a few of our favorite energy pledges submitted in the past few weeks. Take a look, you might be featured!

January 28, 2013
Quantification of the Potential Impact on Commercial Markets of Introduction of the Enrichment Services Component of DOE Low Enriched Uranium Inventory During Calendar Year 2013

This report presents the results of a business analysis performed by Energy Resources International, Inc. (ERI) of the potential impact on the commercial enrichment market of the transfer of the enrichment services component (Separative Work Units or SWU) contained in DOE low enriched uranium (LEU) inventory during 2013. Under this transaction, 299,000 kg SWU would be introduced into the commercial market, but no transfer of natural uranium to the commercial market would take place.

January 24, 2013
Dr. Holdren, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director, speaks at the January 20, 2013 Interagency Mentoring and STEM Open House.
Interagency Mentoring and STEM Open House a Success

In honor of National Mentoring Month, last Friday the U.S. Departments of Transportation, Education, Labor, Agriculture, and Energy, the Office of Personnel Management, the National Science Foundation, and the Corporation for National and Community Service jointly hosted a day-long interagency mentoring open house at Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) headquarters in Washington, DC.

January 22, 2013
Energy All-Stars Shine Bright at Inaugural Lecture Series

Last Saturday, the Energy Department held its first Energy All-Stars event -- an afternoon of TED-style talks from America's energy leaders.

January 19, 2013
Bill Nye (Energy All Stars Presentation)

Bill Nye the Science Guy delivered this presentation on space and the lessons about climate change that can be gleaned from the other planets in our solar system at the Energy All Stars event on January 19, 2013, at the US Department of Energy in Washington, DC.

January 19, 2013
Sue Tierney (Energy All Stars Presentation)

Sue Tierney delivered this presentation" The Future of Energy: Toward the 21st Century Energy System We Need (With an Eye on the Rear View Mirror)" at the Energy All Stars event on January 19, 2013, at the US Department of Energy in Washington, DC.