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Entire Manhattan Project History Declassified And Online

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Cover of Manhattan District History – Book 1, Volume 1. Courtesy/DOE

DOE News:

General Leslie Groves, head of the Manhattan Engineer District, in late 1944 commissioned a multi-volume history of the Manhattan Project called the Manhattan District History.

Prepared by multiple authors under the general editorship of Gavin Hadden, a longtime civil employee of the Army Corps of Engineers, the classified history was “intended to describe, in simple terms, easily understood by the average reader, just what the Manhattan District did, and how, when, and where.”

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Udall Seeks To Protect Service Members From Abusive Loan Contracts

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON – Thursday, Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M. announced that he and several colleagues sent a letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Edith Ramirez, urging them to close a loophole in the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) that leaves service members vulnerable to abusive loan contracts.

The letter follows a ProPublica report on USA Discounters, a business that appears to be using an FDCPA loophole to sue thousands of service members in a venue where they often Read More

DEA Publishing Final Rule Rescheduling Hydrocodone Combination Products

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DEA News:

U. S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will publish in the Federal Register the Final Rule moving hydrocodone combination products (HCPs) from Schedule III to the more-restrictive Schedule II, as recommended by the Assistant Secretary for Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and as supported by the DEA’s own evaluation of relevant data Aug. 22.

The Federal Register has made the Final Rule available for preview on its website at https:////go.usa.gov/mc8d. This Final Rule imposes the regulatory controls and sanctions applicable to Schedule II Read More

Former Los Alamos National Laboratory Worker Sentenced for Violating Atomic Energy Act Violations

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Marjorie Roxby Mascheroni and Pedro Leonardo Mascheroni. Courtesy photo

FBI News:

ALBUQUERQUE—The Justice Department today announced that a former contract employee at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) was sentenced this morning for conspiring to violate the Atomic Energy Act by communicating classified nuclear weapons data to a person believed to be a Venezuelan government official, and making false statements to the FBI.

Marjorie Roxby Mascheroni, 71, of Los Alamos was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William P. Johnson to a year and a day in federal prison followed by three

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Energy Department Invests $67 Million to Advance Nuclear Technology

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DOE News:

WASHINGTON – Building on President Obama’s Climate Action Plan and the Administration’s efforts to expand clean energy innovation, the Energy Department announced today nearly $67 million in nuclear energy research and infrastructure enhancement awards.

Eighty-three projects were selected from across the country based on their potential to create scientific breakthroughs that both help strengthen the nation’s energy security and reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions.

“The Department’s support for cutting-edge nuclear science and engineering across our universities, Read More

WIPP Modifies Underground Entry Requirements

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WIPP News:

Entries into the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) underground facility are becoming more frequent, a sign that recovery efforts are progressing.

Recently, radiological control personnel began conducting the surveys and sampling necessary to reclassify areas in the underground facility from areas of potential airborne contamination to radiological buffer areas. A buffer area is an uncontaminated area immediately adjacent to the contaminated area and is usually located at the exit or entrance point of the contamination zone.

The initial areas being surveyed, sampled Read More

U.S. Ranks Second in Installed Capacity in the World in Wind Energy

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DOE News:

The U.S. continues to be a global leader in wind energy, ranking second in installed capacity in the world, according to two reports released by the Department of Energy.

Wind power is a key component of the nation’s all-of-the-above strategy to reduce carbon pollution, diversify our energy economy, and bring innovative technologies on line. With increasing wind energy generation and decreasing prices of wind energy technologies, the U.S. wind energy market remains strong and the U.S. is moving closer to doubling renewable electricity generation from energy resources like wind Read More

Video: DOE Secretary at Special WIPP Town Hall Meeting

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Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, Sen. Tom Udall, Sen. Martin Heinrich, U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce and New Mexico Environment Secretary Ryan Flynn visited Carlsbad earlier this week, participating in a town hall meeting and an all-employee meeting at the WIPP site. They also toured the above ground portions of the WIPP facility. Photos and a link to a video of the town hall meeting can be viewed at https:////www.wipp.energy.gov/wipprecovery/photo_video.html. PrintScreen photo/WIPP video

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DOE Secretary Addresses Employees At WIPP

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Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz addresses employees Tuesday at WIPP. Also on hand were DOE Deputy Under Secretary David M. Klaus for Management and Performance, second from left, and U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce. Courtesy/WIPP

WIPP News:

This week, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz visited Carlsbad to tour the site and see firsthand the recovery efforts underway at the WIPP facility. In addition to meeting with local officials, Moniz spoke to area residents about WIPP recovery efforts at a town hall meeting, which also included Sen. Tom Udall, Sen. Martin Read More

Udall, Heinrich Host Energy Secretary at WIPP

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U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich host Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz at WIPP. Courtesy photo

CARLSBAD – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich joined U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant for an “all hands” employee meeting and surface tour of the site. Moniz and the senators also attended a townhall with Carlsbad residents on Monday evening.
 
WIPP operations have been halted since the radiation release at WIPP earlier this year. Following the release, Udall, Heinrich and U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce
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