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ANR Group Inc (ANR) in Richland will offer a comprehensive course for people interested in becoming Radiation Control Technicians, or Health Physics Technicians. Taking the course, and subsequently passing the Core Fundamentals Test are the first steps to a career path that ANR believes will be long and rewarding.

The class will start in 21 September 2011, and is geared towards working professionals--but enrollment is open to anyone.

Passing the HPT/RCT Core test is a major career milestone for workers in both the DOE and commercial nuclear world—and it’s a very difficult test with both written and oral components. ANR’s goal is to provide a top-quality educational experience for those wishing to enter this exciting field.

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f-cell 2011: "Fuel cells and batteries move the future"

The f-cell congress is the international meeting point for more than 800 participants interested in the subject of fuel cells who come from more than 20 countries and four continents.

The f-cell Forum offers a unique chance to gather all the latest information and check up on current developments and new markets in the mobile, portable and stationary applications of fuel cell technologies.

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Hitachi and Molycorp plan rare earth joint venture in the U.S.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20026266-54.html?tag=mncol;1n

Massive sodium sulfur (NaS) electrochemical storage facility proposed for U.S.-Mecixo border

Dubai-based energy firm Rubenius in October proposed to build a $4 billion energy storage facility based on sodium sulfur (NaS) technology on a 345-acre site in the Mexican state of Baja California, close to the U.S. border. If it comes to fruition, the facility—dubbed a “mega region energy warehouse” by Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon—will feature 1,000 MW of battery storage and offer “storage space” to energy companies and utilities in both Mexico and the U.S.

http://www.powermag.com/water/Massive-Energy-Storage-Facility-Planned-for-Mexico-U-S-Border_3205.html

Nanogenerator Powers Up

By Katherine Bourzac

A device containing piezoelectric nanowires can now scavenge enough energy to power small electronic devices.

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Hitachi, Johnson Controls to tie up in lithium-ion cells to power cars

TOKYO, Oct. 17, 2010 (Kyodo News International)

Hitachi (NYSE:HIT) Ltd. and major U.S. automobile battery maker Johnson Controls (NYSE:JCI PRZ) (NYSE:JCI) Inc. said Monday they will broadly cooperate in the advanced energy storage business, including the field of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles.

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Can US Power Grid Handle a Surge of Electric Cars?

Dave Thier, Contributor, AOL News

A new generation of vehicles powered at least partially by electricity is on the way. And the prospect of a million or more Chevy Volts, Nissan Leafs, Tesla Roadsters and others on our highways in the next few years raises a practical question: Can the nation's electrical grid handle the power surge?

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