AMSE’s operating contract with for-profit could be replaced by nonprofit
The contract with the for-profit company that runs the American Museum of Science and Energy will change from quarterly to monthly starting Jan. 1, and a museum expert could be hired on an interim...
View ArticleSix companies receive ORNL small business awards
Six East Tennessee companies doing business with Oak Ridge National Laboratory received 2014 ORNL Small Business Impact Awards from the laboratory Friday morning at a meeting of the East Tennessee...
View ArticleStudent at UT’s Bredesen Center wins $50,000 ORNL prize
KNOXVILLE—With the first set of Bredesen Center graduates at the University of Tennessee set to receive their doctorates next week, students who will be in the next wave of graduates are already...
View ArticleAirport could cost $30-$40 million, construction could start in 2018
Note: This story was updated at 4:36 p.m. Conditions are subject to change, but current plans call for starting construction on a general aviation airport at Heritage Center, the former K-25 site, in...
View ArticleEnvironmental assessment for Oak Ridge airport finds no significant impact
An environmental assessment has been completed for the transfer of 170 acres at Heritage Center for a general aviation airport in west Oak Ridge, and the assessment found no significant impact,...
View ArticleUT-Battelle fulfills $250,000 pledge to Emory Valley Center campaign
UT-Battelle, the managing contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, made the final installment of a $250,000 pledge by presenting a $50,000 check in late December...
View ArticleJeff Smith of ORNL nominated to serve on TVA Board
Note: This story was updated at 1:30 p.m. Jeff Smith, deputy director for operations at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been nominated to serve on the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of...
View ArticleAlexander: Senate confirms Smith of ORNL, three others to TVA Board
Note: This story was updated at 5:40 p.m. Jeff Smith, deputy lab director for operations at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been confirmed to the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors. The...
View ArticleFAA conditionally approves Oak Ridge Airport
The Federal Aviation Administration provided a conditional approval for the proposed Oak Ridge Airport in a February letter, a consultant said Thursday. The conditions included in the February 22...
View ArticleUT-Battelle Development Corp. contributes $500,000 for proposed airport
The City of Oak Ridge said it has received a $500,000 contribution from the UT-Battelle Development Corporation to help with the planned airport at Heritage Center, the former K-25 site in west Oak...
View ArticleORNL names operations deputy
Alan Icenhour has been named deputy for operations at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He will succeed Jeff Smith, who is retiring this spring after serving in the role...
View ArticlePresident appoints ORNL researcher to National Science Board
Note: This story was updated at 2 p.m. Jan. 22. President Joe Biden will appoint Merlin Theodore of Oak Ridge National Laboratory to the National Science Board, the White House said in an announcement...
View ArticleWith director search under way, Jeff Smith leads ORNL for now
While UT-Battelle searches for a new director at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, it has appointed former chief operating officer Jeff Smith to serve as interim lab director. Smith retired in April 2021....
View ArticleWade named associate lab director for fusion & fission
Mickey Wade has been named associate laboratory director for the Fusion and Fission Energy and Science Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, effective April 1. “To reach the nation’s clean...
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