By DOE Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Richland Operations Office (RL) and contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) recently resumed final cleanup activities within the former Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP) footprint at the Hanford Site following the historic demolition of PFP’s main processing facility early last year.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - Officials with EM, cleanup contractor CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley (CHBWV), and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) recently presented donations to three organizations that provide emergency services to the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) and surrounding community.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Through the world of virtual reality, students can fly with atoms on an electron beam, racing to the point where they witness the molecules' controlled destruction and analysis of the scattering particles within a highly specialized scientific device known as a mass spectrometer.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) and U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) sent a letter to Acting Administrator Stephen Nalley requesting the Energy Information Administration (EIA) conduct an analysis of the Biden administration’s greenhouse gas emissions targets.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Friday, May 28, the Office of Legacy Management (LM) rolled out its fiscal year (FY) 2022 budget request of approximately $429 million. This request is approximately $266 million above the FY 2021 enacted. The increase includes nearly $16 million in work toward LM’s long-term stewardship...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - EM ’s cleanup at the Y-12 National Security Complex continues to expand as workers ready one of the site’s largest high-risk contaminated facilities for demolition.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The EM Nevada Program recently hosted its first-ever virtual field trip, highlighting for nearly 200 students its safe, secure, and successful groundwater mission at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS).
By DOE Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Staff completed the first commissioning test for one of 37 remote-operated cranes inside the Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Facility at the EM Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant, bringing the plant one step closer to treating nuclear tank waste.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced additional details today on the fully remote hearing the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold on Wednesday, June 9, at 11:30 a.m. (EDT). The...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday, Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm traveled to Houston, Texas, to tout the American Jobs Plan and its investments to build a clean energy economy that creates millions of good-paying jobs, saves consumers money, and reduces the health impacts of pollution.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced additional details today on the fully remote hearing the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold on Tuesday, June 8, at 2 p.m. (EDT) ...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 1, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) sent a letter to Acting Administrator Stephen Nalley requesting the Energy Information Administration (EIA) conduct an analysis of the Biden administration’s greenhouse gas emissions targets.
By DOE Newswire | May 31, 2021
There were 20 press releases or notices published by the U.S. Department of Energy in May.
By DOE Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: We’re nearing the end of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month in the United States.
By DOE Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the release of President Biden’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 budget...
By DOE Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced nearly $4 million for four research and development projects to design new methods to identify and reduce the risk of seismic disruptions and CO2 leakage in underground carbon dioxide storage facilities. Advancements in geologic sequestration...
By DOE Newswire | May 28, 2021
Release: President’s DOE Budget Reinforces Commitment to Position American Workers, Scientists, Industries and Communities at the Center of a Clean Energy
By DOE Newswire | May 28, 2021
Release: The following is the text of a joint statement by the Energy Ministries of the Governments of France and the United States of America.
By DOE Newswire | May 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement about the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) updated guidance for children and summer camps...
By DOE Newswire | May 28, 2021
Release: R&D Projects in Texas, New Mexico, and Ohio To Predict and Detect Seismic Disruptions At Underground Carbon Storage Facilities, Protecting Groundwater and Enhancing Carbon Capture Efforts
