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DOE Invests Over $34 Million To Improve Protection Of Nation’s Energy Infrastructure

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DOE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― As part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to protecting America’s energy critical infrastructure, the Energy Department (DOE) announced more than $34 million for two projects that will improve the protection of the U.S. electric grid and oil and natural gas infrastructure from cyber threats.
 
The University of Arkansas and the University of Illinois will assemble teams with expertise in power systems engineering and the computer science of cybersecurity to develop new technologies that will help protect energy delivery systems
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Energy Secretary Releases Report On America’s Regional Vulnerabilities To Climate Change

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U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz
 
DOE News:
 
LOS ANGELES ― While visiting California, a state plagued by persistent drought and dangerous wildfires, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz released an Energy Department report that examines the expected regional energy sector vulnerabilities to climate change.
 
The report divides the United States into nine regions, finding that the severe challenges from climate change across America will require a more comprehensive and accelerated national, regional and community approach to keep the U.S. energy system
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Udall Hosts Events At LANL And Sandia With Lead Senate Appropriations Democrat Barbara Mikulski

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SENATE News:
 
Tuesday, Oct. 13 and Wednesday, Oct. 14, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall will host Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairwoman Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) in Los Alamos and Albuquerque to discuss the important role New Mexico’s national laboratories play in national security, energy and the state’s economy.
 
Udall, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has fought for strong funding for important programs at New Mexico’s national labs.
 
He invited Mikulski to tour both labs and to
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Even When It’s Out Of Commission, Everybody Wants A Piece Of WIPP

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Beatrice Brailsford, left, of the Snake River Alliance and Tom Clements, right, of Savannah River Site Watch teamed up last week for nuclear waste site visits with their New Mexico counterpart, Don Hancock, director of the Nuclear Waste Safety program at the Southwest Research and Information Center in Albuquerque. Photo by Roger Snodgrass/ladailypost.com

By ROGER SNODGRASS

Los Alamos Daily Post
 
Twenty months after a truck fire and a Valentine’s Day radiation release almost half a mile underground, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in southeastern New Mexico is still out of business
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Barney Trujillo Announces Bid For House Dist. 40

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More than 150 guest attend SUnday’s launch of the Barney Trujillo for House Dst. 40 campaign at the Santa Claran. Courtesy photo

POLITICAL News:

Barney Trujillo

Española – With more than 150 guests in attendance Sunday at the Santa Claran, Rio Arriba County Commissioner Barney Trujillo formally announced his bid for New Mexico’s House Dist. 40 (Rio Arriba, Colfax, Mora, & San Miguel).

Trujillo is the chairman of the Regional Coalition of LANL Communities.

Special guests at Sunday’s event include Sen. Richard Martinez, Rio Arriba Commissioner Alex Naranjo, Read More

Special Los Alamos Historical Society ‘Lecture’ At Time Out Pizzeria 7 p.m. Tuesday

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Scene from Manhattan, which premieres its second season Tuesday. Courtesy photo

HISTORICAL SOCIETY News:

This month’s lecture is on the usual day, but it is at a nonstandard time and a nonstandard place, and it isn’t even a lecture. It’s a viewing and discussion!

The community is invited to attend the viewing and discussion of the premier of the second season of Manhattan at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13 at Time Out Pizzeria in downtown Los Alamos.

The Los Alamos Historical Society continues its popular viewing and discussion of episodes of the television series, Manhattan. Manhattan is a fictionalized Read More

Energy Department Invests More Than $20 Million To Advance Fuel Cell Technologies

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Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy David Danielson

DOE News:

The Energy Department announced Thursday a new report that shows the fuel cell industry is continuing to grow at an unprecedented rate, totaling more than $2.2 billion in sales in 2014.

In order to further expand on this emerging market, the Department also announced the investment of more than $20 million in 10 projects to advance fuel cell and hydrogen technologies, and enable early adoption of fuel cell applications such as light-duty fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). 

These projects will Read More

Proposals Sought For Native American Venture Acceleration Fund

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RDC News:

Española – The Regional Development Corporation (RDC) has announced that proposals are being accepted through Nov. 13 for the Native American Venture Acceleration Fund (NAVAF) awards from tribally held companies.

The Fund was created to boost employment and diversify the economy in Northern New Mexico, and will make awards up to $25,000 to tribally owned companies for critical technical services that lead to leveraged revenue, job creation and diversification.

“We are anticipating a high level of interest from entrepreneurs in the Pueblo community, and are excited for new opportunities Read More

LANL Scientists’ Link To 2015 Nobel Prize In Physics

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LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists played a significant role in the research that led to the awarding of the 2015 Nobel Prizes in Physics to Arthur McDonald, head of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) in Canada and Takaaki Kajita of Japan, head of the Super-Kamionkande (Super K) experiment, for their work in discovering that neutrinos have mass.

The LANL Connection

LANL was instrumental in the design, assembly and data analysis of the SNO experiment. More than 20-plus years—from the start of funding in 1990 to its final results in 2012—more than 30 LANL scientists and Read More

Simpler Way To Estimate Feedback Between Permafrost Carbon And Climate

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Although permafrost carbon has the potential to be a huge player in the planet’s climate, it’s difficult to predict the amount that will enter the atmosphere for a given increase in temperature. This photo was taken near Barrow, Alaska. Courtesy/Berkeley Lab
 
BERKLEY LAB News:
 
One of the big unknowns in predicting climate change is the billions of tons of carbon frozen in Arctic permafrost.
 
As global warming causes soil temperatures to increase, some of this carbon will decompose and enter the atmosphere and accelerate climate change.
 
Although permafrost carbon
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