By DOE Newswire | Dec 30, 2020
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) released the following statement after securing a number of western water provisions in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, which President Trump signed into law on Sunday evening.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for the 116th Congress Greg Walden (R-OR), incoming Republican Leader for the 117th Congress Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 29, 2020
News Release: ICYMI: On Sunday evening, President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, which will fund the federal government for the rest of Fiscal Year 2021 and provide individuals, families, and businesses across the nation with much-needed relief from the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) announced his four appointments for the Commission on the State of U.S. Olympics and Paralympics.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy issued a report to Congress including recommendations for increasing the beneficial reuse of used oils and lubricants. Beneficial reuse includes turning waste lubricants like used motor oil into more valuable base...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 24, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy issued a report to Congress including recommendations for increasing the beneficial reuse of used oils and lubricants. Beneficial reuse includes turning waste lubricants like used motor oil into more valuable base ...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 23, 2020
News Release: The annual Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) Joint Meeting provides an opportunity for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management (LM) to review accomplishments, discuss the progress of ongoing work, and strategically map out the future of FUSRAP.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Modernizing essential equipment is another sign of dynamic change at the Hanford Site as workers prepare to treat tank waste and continue to make progress on risk-reducing cleanup.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: MIAMI - DOE and Florida International University (FIU) officials recently introduced the EM Fellows Class of 2020 - 15 science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) students inducted into a program intended to shape future candidates for the cleanup workforce.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - EM’s spent nuclear fuel program at DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site recently determined that fuel canisters identified as high risk continue to be safely stored in five underground vaults following inspections to characterize the integrity of the fuel packages.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - EM has published its 2020 Year in Review, summarizing the accomplishments of cleanup work across the DOE complex over the course of the year, including numerous major program priorities.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: LIVERMORE, Calif. - Workers have begun activities to prepare for the demolition of a nuclear reactor at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), accomplishing one of EM’s 2020 priorities.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) announced 10 project selections totaling up to $22 million to support marine energy research and development (R&D) and testing infrastructure. Seven out of the 10 projects selected will leverage the expertise and intellectual capital of non-federal research institutions, like universities, by supporting foundational R&D to complement research at the DOE National Labs.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - EM’s infrastructure support contractor for the Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office’s Paducah Site recently received the Kentucky Excellence in Environmental Leadership Champion Award from the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - While 2020 was an unusual and challenging year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was also one of the most notable and accomplished for DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its contractors. Together, they competed the Department’s largest-ever cleanup effort and began a new chapter of work at Oak Ridge’s research and national security sites.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) announced plans to make $4 million in federal funding available for cost-shared research and development of tools and methods to optimize safe, secure, and verifiable carbon dioxide (CO2) storage.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) selected 29 projects to receive nearly $7.6 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development. The projects will advance energy storage technologies under the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0002332, Energy Storage for Fossil Power Generation.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: Cincinnati - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) awarded the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) Management and Operating (M&O) contract to Battelle Savannah River Alliance, LLC (BSRA) of Columbus, OH.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: EM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Todd Shrader emphasized the importance DOE places on input from communities in determining the end state for cleanup sites in remarks to the recent fall meeting of the State and Tribal Government Working Group (STGWG).
By DOE Newswire | Dec 22, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $20 million in awards for the third of three programs under its new Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP). DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) has selected three teams to receive FY20 funding for the ARDP’s Advanced Reactor Concepts-20 (ARC-20) program. ARDP is designed to help domestic private industry demonstrate advanced nuclear reactors in the United States.
