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This Engineer’s Job Is to Keep Arkansas Nuclear One Safe

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The IEEE member is an electrical design engineer at Arkansas Nuclear One , in Russellville. The pressurized-water plant provides electricity to the majority of the state’s businesses and residents and to customers beyond Arkansas. student at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock, when she interned at Arkansas Nuclear One.

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Goodyear invests in autonomous trucking company Gatik; tire intelligence and autonomous middle mile logistics

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Gatik has established the first autonomous middle mile logistics network in North America and is rapidly expanding its fleet of Class 3-6 autonomous box trucks for customers in multiple markets, including Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Ontario. Gatik autonomous box truck.

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Koch Strategic Platforms invests $100M in Standard Lithium

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In addition to the new capital, the company and several Koch Industries subsidiaries are exploring strategic opportunities to work collaboratively in several key areas. The company has commissioned its first-of-a-kind industrial-scale direct lithium extraction demonstration plant at Lanxess’ south plant facility in southern Arkansas.

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US Steel announces new electrical steel InduX

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InduX steel will be produced on the new NGO electrical steel line at Big River Steel in Osceola, Arkansas. The company is now turning to NGO silicon steels based on its temper mill’s capabilities of elongation up to 10% and its ability to produce chemistries with low and ultra-low carbon levels to improve magnetic properties.

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Standard Lithium completes proof-of-concept of lithium extraction & crystallization; better than battery-quality lithium carbonate

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Successful operation of the technology at pre-commercial continuous scale has directly extracted lithium from brine in Arkansas and produced a purified, concentrated intermediate product (LiCl solution) which has been converted to better than battery-quality lithium carbonate final product. Canada-based Standard Lithium Ltd. Contaminant.

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Resource report concludes Galvanic’s lithium prospect among most prolific in North America

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Oklahoma-based Galvanic Energy is a geoscience-driven resource exploration company that employs innovative, proprietary discovery methods to identify natural resources essential to the US renewable energy sector.

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Walmart to buy 4,500 Canoo electric delivery vehicles; option for up to 10,000

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While the LDV is expected to begin hitting the road in 2023, the companies plan to kick-off advanced deliveries to refine and finalize vehicle configuration in the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex in the coming weeks. Canoo’s agreement with Walmart builds on the company’s existing commitments in the state of Arkansas.

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