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What's Happening at ORISE

  • A male technician analyzes a sample at the ORISE Radiological and Environmental Analytical Laboratory

    Feature Story

    Radiochemistry lab makes perfect score on recent performance test

    The ORISE Radiological and Environmental Analytical Laboratory (REAL) recently achieved a 100 percent acceptance score in a performance test for the Mixed Analyte Performance Evaluation Program (MAPEP).

  • DOE Scholars: Augustus Pendleton

    Research Spotlight

    Fascination with oceans draws Midwest student to study microbiology, join DOE Scholars Program

    As part of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Scholars Program, Augustus Pendleton studied ways to help reduce the nation’s carbon footprint at DOE’s Bioenergy Technologies Office. Pendleton is pictured here sitting on a bale of corn stover (elements remaining after most of the corn is harvested), one example of a feedstock that BETO is exploring how to convert efficiently into clean energy.