Newsbits, Feb. 5

UT-Battelle's performance earns $10MM from DOE (KNS)... Komatsu America shifts product manufacturing to its Chattanooga plant (TFP)... One city in an 11-state region will emerge from bid competition with $500K to help reduce consumer and business usage of water and energy (related: Census Bureau report on South's growth)... Former ORNL tech-transfer exec's desire to save diabetic Dad's foot led to invention of rehabilitation equipment (KNS)...