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Idaho Waste Treatment Facility Moves Forward, Prepares for Confirmatory Run

News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - EM has concluded a two-year outage at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site ’s Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU), where crews completed more than 50 modifications to the liquid-waste treatment facility to prepare it for a 50-day confirmatory demonstration run and subsequent radiological operations.


Eight Office of Electricity Projects Selected for the 2021 Technology Commercialization Fund

News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced over $30 million in funding, matched by over $35 million in private sector funds, for 68 projects supported by the Office of Technology Transitions Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF). This funding will accelerate the commercialization of promising...


News Release: DOE recently honored three EM sites for exemplary achievements in innovation, strategic partnerships, and planning and completion of projects that advance sustainability at Department sites and national laboratories.


News Release: Electricity is the center of the U.S. economy and American homes. To help meet the nation’s needs, eight small businesses will develop wind technology as a cost-effective, reliable, and compatible distributed energy resource under the 2021 round of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Competitiveness Improvement Project (CIP).


WIPP Waste Shipments Rebounding to Pre-COVID Rates

News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - EM ’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is not only back, it’s back with an exclamation mark.


News Release: LAS VEGAS - EM officials met with representatives of tribal-owned businesses and Alaska Native corporations to discuss how they can support the cleanup program during the recent Reservation Economic Summit (RES) 2021.


DOE Announces Nearly $34 Million to Advance Waste and Algae Bioenergy Technology

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced nearly $34 million in funding for 11 projects that will support high-impact research and development to improve and produce biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts. These biomass resources, otherwise known as feedstocks, can be produced...


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered the following remarks at a nominations hearing.


DOE Announces Nearly $34 Million to Advance Waste and Algae Bioenergy Technology

Release: 11 University- and Industry-Led Projects will Develop Biomass Resources to Convert to Low-Carbon Fuel for Planes and Ships


EM Addresses Final Step in Weapons Program, Shrader Says

News Release: The mission to clean up areas used in the production of nuclear weapons may not get as much attention but it’s important to show that the government can address the environmental legacy in the communities that hosted weapons and research facilities, EM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Todd Shrader said in recent remarks.


Physiological Monitoring Keeps Hanford Workers Safe in the Heat

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM ’s Hanford Office of River Protection tank operations contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) has a multilayered, nationally recognized approach to keeping workers safe during the hot summer months.


July: U.S. Department of Energy publishes 19 press releases or notices

There were 19 press releases or notices published by the U.S. Department of Energy in July.


Statement by Energy Secretary Granholm on the Confirmation of Frank Rose

Release: Washington, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm issued the following statement today following the U.S. Senate confirmation of Frank Rose by unanimous consent to serve as Principal Deputy Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)...


News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) selected five private-sector partners to conduct field validation of clean, efficient technologies in real-world industrial environments. These Industrial Technology Validation (ITV) projects will accelerate the adoption of cost-effective, emerging technologies that can help decarbonize the industrial sector.


DOE Announces $42.3 Million and New Industry Partnerships to Decarbonize American Manufacturing

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a $42.3 million funding opportunity and new pilot projects for the American manufacturing sector that will reduce carbon emissions across the economy and improve America’s economic competitiveness. The industrial sector contributed 23% of all greenhouse gas emissions in 2019, and decarbonizing U.S. industries is a key step toward meeting President Biden’s goal of a carbon-neutral economy by 2050.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing on “The Path Forward: Advancing Treatments and Cures for Neurodegenerative Diseases:"


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered opening remarks at Thursday’s Subcommittee hearing on treatments and cures for neurodegenerative diseases.


DOE Announces $42.3 Million and New Industry Partnerships to Decarbonize American Manufacturing

Release: During “Manufacturing Week” DOE Launches New Funding Opportunity and Selects Industry Partners to Pilot Clean, Efficient Technologies in Real-World Conditions


Barrasso Remarks at Hearing to Consider Legislation on Puerto Rico’s Financial Management

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered the following remarks at a full committee hearing to consider S. 375 and its House-passed companion measure, H.R. 1192, the Puerto Rico Recovery Accuracy in Disclosures Act of 2021, commonly known as PRRADA.


News Release: Washington, D.C.- Republican Leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks in a Health Subcommittee hearing entitled, “The Path Forward: Advancing Treatments and Cures for Neurodegenerative Diseases."