The Department of Energy has selected General Atomics' electromagnetic systems business to develop a 50-megawatt electric reactor concept under a cost-shared partnership.
Read More »Code42’s Insider Threat Security Platform Now Certified Under FedRAMP
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has approved Code42's cloud-based platform for use in the federal government to help agencies and other customers protect data and assets from insider threats. Code42's FedRAMP "Moderate Impact" authorization, supported by the Department of Energy, adds the platform to the FedRAMP Marketplace and validates its compliance with security assessment, authorization and continuous monitoring standards for cloud products and services, the company said Tuesday.
Read More »DOE Awards $70M to Reactor Design Concepts
Advanced Reactor Concepts, General Atomics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology will collectively receive a total of $70.4M in funds from the Department of Energy to mature their nuclear reactor concepts as part of the fiscal year 2020 iteration of a technology demonstration program.
Read More »Xendee, Lawrence Livermore Nat’l Lab to Create Microgrid-Based Energy Mgmt System for DOD
Microgrid interface developer Xendee has partnered with the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to develop a platform for energy management and analytics to support Department of Defense applications.
Read More »Rave Emergency Comms Product Gets FedRAMP Approval
Rave Mobile Safety's emergency communications platform has been certified for government use under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program.
Read More »Google Cloud to Host Rubin Observatory’s Interim Astronomical Data Repository; Mike Daniels Quoted
A National Science Foundation-managed observatory has chosen Google to provide an interim cloud environment that will host astronomical data ahead of the telescope’s scheduled commencement of operations in 2023.
Read More »BWXT, DOE Collaborate on Additive Manufacturing for Reactor Components; Kenneth Camplin Quoted
BWX Technologies and the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have teamed up to develop 3D printing technology for the production of metallic compounds needed to build a nuclear reactor system.
Read More »Intel, HPE to Help Argonne Nat’l Lab Construct ‘Aurora’ Supercomputer
Intel has partnered with the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and Hewlett Packard Enterprise to validate hardware and software applications in support of the construction of an exascale computing system named Aurora.
Read More »DOE to Award $130M in Solar Tech Research Project Funds
The Department of Energy has selected 67 solar technology research projects to receive $130M in total grants to help address electricity cost, manufacturing competitiveness, grid resiliency challenges in the country.
Read More »Amentum-Led Nuclear Waste Partnership to Extend DOE WIPP Mgmt Support; John Vollmer Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 10, 2020 — Nuclear Waste Partnership, a joint venture of Amentum and BWX Technologies (BWXT), will continue to operate the Department of Energy's Waste Isolation Plant in New Mexico under a potential two-year, $296M contract option, GovCon Wire reported Oct. 21.
Read More »Amentum Gets DOE Savannah River Remediation Contract Extension; John Vollmer Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 6, 2020 — Amentum, which leads the Savannah River Remediation joint venture, will continue to support liquid waste management efforts at the Department of Energy's nuclear reservation site in South Carolina, GovCon Wire reported Oct. 15.
Read More »Amentum Secures $725M to Continue DOE Hanford Tank Operations; John Vollmer Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 4, 2020 — The Amentum-led Washington River Protection Solutions joint venture will continue to help the Department of Energy operate and maintain tank farms at DOE's Hanford site in Washington state under a 12-month, $725M contract, GovCon Wire reported Oct. 14.
Read More »General Atomics Research Teams Secure DOE Funds to Support Experimental Tokamak R&D Effort
The Department of Energy has earmarked funding for two General Atomics teams from the DIII-D National Fusion Facility to support the establishment of new approaches to sustainable fusion energy.
Read More »Fluor Plans to Support NuScale Reactor Project Through Potential $1.35B DOE Funding Vehicle
The Department of Energy has cleared a funding vehicle worth potentially $1.355B for a public power consortium-led project that includes construction of a small modular reactor plant by NuScale Power, which Fluor holds a majority stake in. Fluor said Monday it plans to support Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems and NuScale in establishing a clean-energy SMR system through UAMPS' Carbon Free Power Project.
Read More »DOE Enters Enterprise Agreement with Google Cloud to Support Cloud Tech; Rocky Campione, Mike Daniels Quoted
Google Cloud has entered into a five-year agreement with the Department of Energy (DOE) to provide access to a variety of Google Cloud technologies to help the department scale research efforts and drive innovation across DOE national labs and field sites, the company announced Thursday. "Our work with Google Cloud is helping us reduce the friction and pivot to innovation," said Rocky Campione.
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