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The Laboratory is launching an Advanced Nuclear Science and Technology Initiative (ANSTI), under the leadership of senior scientist Leonard Bond. "Nuclear science and technology is a major component of the Laboratory's current activities," Bond said. "ANSTI is building on our existing capabilities to support a national nuclear renaissance."

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a prototype of a device that may become the heart of grid-friendly appliances that can respond to critical conditions of the electrical system.

A waste storage lagoon at a Washington dairy is being converted into a waste treatment facility with the help of a new technology that enhances naturally occurring biological activity.

Steve Hauser, senior account manager for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Energy Science and Technology Division, is leading activities that could help address the current energy crisis and may change the way the nation thinks about the energy system. We talked to him about the transforming energy system.

A technology brought to the Northwest by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is transforming a waste lagoon into a waste treatment facility at a Washington state dairy. The technology, InStreem™, enhances naturally occurring biological activity to clean waste lagoons. It's designed to use a dairy’s existing infrastructure to convert lagoons from waste storage facilities to facilities that solve waste problems. In doing so, InStreem™ addresses one of the dairy industry’s most pressing issues.

The first air-based study of Seattle-area smog is being launched by scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in conjunction with regional universities and government agencies. Researchers will gather first-of-its-kind data on ozone and particulates, which cloud Seattle's summer skies, in hopes of better understanding and addressing the Puget Sound's increasing pollution problems.

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• Epidemiology study of Techa River basin
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If a picture is worth a thousand words, then how valuable is a high-resolution image of fish seen through murky water? Very valuable, according to scientists seeking to understand fish movement near hydropower dams. Recently, fisheries biologists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory deployed an acoustic camera originally designed for the Navy at a dam in the Northwest to study and illuminate their understanding of fish behavior.

Scientists from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and three Russian organizations are conducting field tests this month in Washington, Oregon and Montana to determine the commercial potential of two products -- an oil-eating microbe to clean up oil-contaminated soils and a plant growth stimulator. Dye Seed, a Washington state company, may commercialize these products. The work is being done through the Dept. of Energy's Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention.

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are evaluating the ability of an acoustic camera developed at the University of Washington to monitor fish behavior near hydropower dam structures.