By DOE Newswire | Oct 28, 2020
News Release: Shortly after the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) was established in 2003, it conducted a comprehensive review of its mission and structure using techniques in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76 and high performing organization (HPO) principles. The...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 28, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) extended the terms of three long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) export authorizations through 2050. Today’s actions follow seven LNG export term extensions issued last week pursuant to an export term policy statement DOE finalized in July.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 28, 2020
News Release: The Energy and Commerce Committee today released a staff report on the Trump Administration’s four-year assault on environmental and public health protections. The report examines some of the Trump Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) most egregious and dangerous rollbacks in five key areas - climate...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: Cincinnati - Today, the Office of Environmental Management (EM) is awarding an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for Information Systems Technical Support Services to Tuknik Government Services LLC, (Chantilly, VA) an 8(a) Alaska Native Corporation. The IDIQ contract value is $15...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: With recent global increases in malicious activity from our adversaries and the rapid digital transformation of our energy systems, the threat of a cyber attack on our nation’s power grid looms large. The continuous attempts from our nation state adversaries to attack the U.S. energy sector reinforce the need for proactive cybersecurity practices that can prevent widespread disruptions to the computers and networks that manage our energy delivery systems.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: For the second year in a row, two staff members were recognized as U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management (LM) Employee of the Year.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The Savannah River Site (SRS) has launched innovative methods to ensure emergency preparedness drills continue in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has led to many employees working remotely.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) is set to begin cleanup of a first-of-a-kind experimental reactor at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Employees at the Savannah River Site (SRS) recently began underwater vacuuming to remove resin from a reactor’s spent nuclear fuel cores.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: For many Alaska Natives, arctic and circumpolar climates present unique building science challenges for maintaining a dry, warm, and energy-efficient home.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Richland Operations Office contractor Mission Support Alliance (MSA) is rolling out major updates to its use of location intelligence that could change the way work is done at the Hanford Site.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: MERCURY, Nev. - EM has fulfilled a key part of its mission in Nevada, completing remediation activities on and around the historic Tonopah Test Range (TTR) and conveying 70 sites into long-term stewardship.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - EM and its cleanup contractor CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley recently went underwater to clean and inspect a fire water storage tank at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP). EM maintains 460,000 gallons of water in the 40-foot-tall tank in the event of a fire. Trained divers performed...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: LOS ALAMOS, N.M. - EM’s Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) completed its first two shipments of transuranic waste from the Radioassay and Nondestructive Testing (RANT) facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) on Oct. 22.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: With recent global increases in malicious activity from our adversaries and the rapid digital transformation of our energy systems, the threat of a cyber attack on our nation’s power grid looms large. The continuous attempts from our nation state adversaries to attack the U.S. energy sector reinforce the need for proactive cybersecurity practices that can prevent widespread disruptions to the computers and networks that manage our energy delivery systems.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: EM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Todd Shrader discussed cleanup progress over the past year and noted the resilience of the EM workforce in light of the COVID-19 pandemic during the EM Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB) Chairs meeting, held virtually on Oct. 19 and 20. The meeting was recorded and can be viewed here.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - EM Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Field Operations Nicole Nelson-Jean talks to Carlsbad Field Office Deputy (CBFO) Manager Ed Garza during a tour of the underground at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). In a visit to the site on Oct. 21 and 22, Nelson-Jean met...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today issued the following statements after the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its Record of Decision for the Willow Master Development Plan in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A).
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a funding opportunity for up to $24 million for new and renewal grants under the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DOE EPSCoR). The grants, to be awarded competitively on the basis of peer review, will help institutions ...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2020
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Treasury’s (Treasury) decision to ensure payments to the New York Fire Department (FDNY) World Trade Center Health Program would no longer be subject to offsets for unrelated federal debts owed by New York City...
