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PAMS-SC offers new grant application process starting March 23

Urban Integrated Field Labs (IFL) grant opened on March 23.


DOE-GFO grant application closes on June 7

FY22 BETO Waste Feedstocks and Conversion R&D grant opened on March 22.


Video: Hanford Plant ‘Banks’ on System for Waste Analysis

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - View this video about how laboratory technicians at the Hanford Site ’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant have been building proficiency in using a system that will safely transfer samples of radioactive waste from the Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Facility to the plant’s Analytical...


News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - The wheels on the bus go round and round, but soon you can see just where in town they are going.


News Release: To many, the term “freshwater" elicits images of rushing streams or wide-open glacial lakes. However, many of Earth’s freshwater needs are met by a resource that’s not as majestic or even visible at all. But as the theme of 2022 World Water Day, groundwater is getting a long overdue spotlight.


ICYMI: Barrasso Op-Ed: We Must End American Dependence on Russian Uranium

News Release: By: U.S. Senator John Barrasso. March 20, 2022. Casper Star Tribune. After two weeks of war and a bipartisan push in Congress, President Biden finally banned imports of Russian oil, natural gas, and coal. The idea was simple: an energy superpower like America should not fund Putin’s killing machine. ...


ICYMI: Secretary Granholm Traveled to West Virginia to Highlight Clean Energy Investments in Appalachia

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday, March 18th, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm traveled to Charleston, West Virginia to highlight how the Department of Energy and the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law are supporting advancements in clean energy technology, strengthening supply chains through made-in-America manufacturing, and ensuring an equitable transition to renewable energy for Appalachian communities. 


News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - An innovative team of truck drivers, engineers, mechanics and others has revamped trucks to make them more functional while transporting samples to support the tank waste mission at the Hanford Site.


News Release: Seventeen Democratic members of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee wrote to Alan Davidson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), today outlining their recommendations and priorities as the agency implements the broadband programs in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.


Dynamic Load Modeling Workshop

News Release: The U.S Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) hosted a dynamic load modeling workshop to review current related projects on March 24, 2022. The workshop highlighted and gathered feedback on OE research with respect to dynamic load modeling and built community among researchers and with industry.


News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM’s Office of River Protection awarded Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP ) contractor Bechtel National, Inc. (BNI) approximately $5.8 million, about 74% of the available fee for work performed during the 2021 calendar year.


News Release: Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm recently joined representatives of three tribes near the Hanford Site for a series of meetings to discuss a variety of topics, from contracting opportunities with DOE to protection of wildlife and natural resources.


News Release: Washington, D.C.- House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement after President Joe Biden signed H.R. 1667, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, and H.R. 189, the John Lewis NIMHD Research Endowment Revitalization Act of 2021.


News Release: New funding opportunity helps underserved communities turn waste into a resource for a clean and equitable energy economy.


News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM and its contractor partners at the Hanford Site recently hosted an online job fair that attracted more than 1,500 participants.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Rush (D-IL), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) wrote to six utility companies today demanding answers for high customer shutoff rates during the COVID-19 pandemic. The letters were sent to the executives of Dominion Energy, DTE Energy, Duke Energy, Exelon, NextEra Energy, and Southern Company.


DOE Awards $9 Million to Tribal Communities To Enhance Energy Security And Resilience

Release: Funding will Affect 1,200 Tribal Buildings, Create $48.5 Million in Energy Savings and Support 13 Indian Tribes and Tribal Entities Across the Country


News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - EM recently awarded Oak Ridge cleanup contractor UCOR $24.7 million for its performance from April 2021 through October 2021, amounting to 98% of the available fee for the evaluation period.


News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - One of the nation’s most complex environmental management challenges is detecting, monitoring and remediating contaminated groundwater.


“AMERICA IN CRISIS“ was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H3822-H3825 on March 17