By DOE Newswire | Jul 22, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo announced that the Health Subcommittee will hold a fully remote legislative hearing on Wednesday, July 29, at 10 a.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, “Improving Access to Care: Legislation to Reauthorize Key Public Health Programs."
By DOE Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM and its liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) used creativity to complete a critical equipment test recently while adhering to COVID-19 guidelines.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: On July 21, 2020, the Department of Energy (DOE) opened registration for the 2020 CyberForce Competition™, the sixth iteration of the Department’s collegiate-level cyber defense competition designed to inspire and develop the next generation of energy sector cybersecurity professionals.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - Work crews have begun demolishing a set of Department of Energy-owned buildings at the Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC), a key step forward in cleanup at the former nuclear and liquid metals research site in southern California.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM recently surpassed a project milestone to clean 20 gloveboxes and radiohoods in the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) Analytical Laboratory approximately two months early as part of the Savannah River Site’s (SRS) laboratory consolidation efforts.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Since 2017, the wild lands of the Savannah River Site (SRS) have served as a front line in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) fight to eradicate rabies in the nation.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: On July 21, 2020, the Department of Energy (DOE) opened registration for the 2020 CyberForce Competition™, the sixth iteration of the Department’s collegiate-level cyber defense competition designed to inspire and develop the next generation of energy sector cybersecurity professionals.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Workers at Hanford ’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) recently completed startup testing on another significant plant system, the utility building that provides power to the plant’s Effluent Management Facility, pictured above. The system is one of many going through...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: Watch an animated timeline to learn more about the history of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management Monument Valley, Arizona, Processing Site, a former operational mill site located in the picturesque Cane Valley. The valley is home to a handful of Native American residents, as well as wild burros, various species of birds, and other wildlife.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Workers recently finished removing contaminated soil under a section of the former Building K-25 footprint in another major action to help EM reach its goal to complete cleanup at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) this year.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS - A 5.8-magnitude earthquake centered near Lone Pine, California recently prompted rapid notifications from the EM to waste generators shipping classified and low-level, and mixed low-level radioactive waste to the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS).
By DOE Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Tuesday, July 28, at 11 a.m. (EDT) on the urgent need to reform the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). The hearing is entitled, “There’s Something in the Water: Reforming Our Nation’s Drinking Water Standards."
By DOE Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing titled, “Pathway to a Vaccine: Efforts to Develop a Safe, Effective and Accessible COVID-19 Vaccine:"
By DOE Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
Release: On July 21, 2020, the Department of Energy (DOE) opened registration for the 2020 CyberForce Competition™, the sixth iteration of the Department’s collegiate-level cyber defense competition designed to inspire and develop the next generation of energy sector cybersecurity professionals.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, July 23, 2020 at 1:00PM CDT, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette and Under Secretary for Science Paul Dabbar will join local officials, academic, and science leaders at the University of Chicago to announce a new national initiative that will accelerate research in quantum science and technology.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - DOE cleanup agreements with the state of Idaho require EM to ship nuclear waste for disposal, whether it’s newly generated or been stored at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site for decades.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 21, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered remarks at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Pathway to a Vaccine: Efforts to Develop a Safe, Effective and Accessible COVID-19 Vaccine."
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced approximately $64 million in Fiscal Year 2020 funding for 18 projects that will support the H2@Scale vision for affordable hydrogen production, storage, distribution, and use. These projects will fuel the next round of research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) activities under H2@Scale’s multi-year initiative to fully realize hydrogen’s benefits across the economy.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) issued a request for information (RFI) to understand workforce development needs within the high-performance materials supply chain.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2020
News Release: On June 11, 2020, the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) announced over $33 million in funding for 82 projects supported by the Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF). The Office of Electricity contributed nearly $1.3 million in support of seven of these projects.
