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Launching a Career: A DOE Scientist Shares Her Journey

News Release: When Darina Castillo’s love of learning and passion for the environment led her to a career as a site manager at the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM), she never dreamed she would learn so much about history.


Secretary Brouillette Issues Statement on 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette issued the following statement on the winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Dr. Jennifer Doudna.


Pallone & Schakowsky Demand Amazon Answer for Product Safety Oversights

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) wrote to Amazon CEO and Chairman Jeff Bezos today requesting that he launch an investigation into the safety of Amazon’s product line, AmazonBasics, as well as answer a series of questions pertaining to the company’s product safety and recall practices.


Launching a Career: A DOE Scientist Shares Her Journey

Release: When Darina Castillo’s love of learning and passion for the environment led her to a career as a site manager at the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM), she never dreamed she would learn so much about history.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar to share their concerns with the HHS Program Support Center (PSC).


Pallone, Eshoo, DeGette: Azar’s Overruling Scientists on LDT Coronavirus Tests was a Grave Mistake

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar today raising serious concerns over his decision to overrule career...


Registration Now Open for DOE’s 2021 National Science Bowl®

Release: High School and Middle School Teams Nationwide Can Now Sign Up to Compete


Pallone Urges Meadows to Allow Contact Tracers to Investigate White House Outbreak

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows today urging him to allow contact tracers to investigate the large outbreak of coronavirus cases surrounding President Trump and White House staff.


Department of Energy Announces Energy Incubator Prize Selections

Release: EPIC Program to Energize National Energy Innovation Ecosystem


News Release: Washington, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH), House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation...


Completed Cleanup Sites Featured in New EM Interactive Map

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - EM has created a new interactive map of its completed cleanup sites. Visit this webpage to view the map, which allows users to zoom in and out of locations, and click on completed cleanup sites for details about them. As the largest environmental cleanup program in the world, EM has...


Savannah River Site Closes Soil Cleanup System, Saving $264,000 Annually

News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - A 12-year cleanup campaign conducted by EM at the Savannah River Site (SRS) has ended successfully, removing more than 5,000 pounds of chemical solvents from soil and leading to an annual cost savings of $264,000.


Idaho Site Tests Technologies to Retrieve Calcine Waste

News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - EM and Idaho National Laboratory Site cleanup contractor Fluor Idaho are testing technologies that will enable the retrieval and transfer of a granulated high-level radioactive waste called calcine that’s been in storage for decades.


News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM and its liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) have developed a system that improves protection for workers who handle and dispose of contaminated laboratory waste created at the site’s (DWPF) during the vitrification process.


Welcome Home to Hanford, Tank-Side Cesium Removal System

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Workers recently moved three enclosures that make up a system that will pretreat Hanford Site tank waste for processing to their permanent home onsite.


News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Just as Oak Ridge crews have removed unneeded buildings at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP), they also have disposed of wastes stored there, a critical step to completing cleanup at the site.


Collaboration Between the United States and the Netherlands Focuses on Hydrogen Technology

News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy’s Directorate General for Climate and Energy issued a statement of intent (SOI) to collaborate on collecting, analyzing, and sharing information...


News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The Department of Energy transferred the first batch of radioactive waste to the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) on Oct. 5, officially starting the “hot" commissioning of the facility.


News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Innovative equipment known as “bubblers" have been improving liquid waste operations at EM’s Savannah River Site (SRS) for the last decade and will aid in the future operations of the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) - an.


News Release: MOAB, Utah - EM’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project is now transporting more residual radioactive material per shipment for disposal than ever before.