By DOE Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $21 million in funding for 31 research projects under the federal Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). EPSCoR is designed to build capabilities in underserved regions of the country that will enable them to compete more successfully for other federal R&D funding.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Tuesday, July 21, with officials from five drug manufacturers developing COVID-19 vaccine candidates. Officials from AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Moderna and Pfizer will testify at the hearing.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on “Consumers Beware: Increased Risks During the COVID-19 Pandemic:"
By DOE Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: In June 2020, archaeologists uncovered the world’s oldest and largest Mayan monument hidden in the tropical rainforests of Mexico. More than 5,000 miles away, just outside of England’s Stonehenge attraction, scientists found what may be the largest prehistoric structure in Great Britain. Discovery of...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) announced a Request for Information (RFI) to solicit views on safeguarding the bulk-power system (BPS) supply chain from threats and vulnerabilities.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) sent letters...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
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 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting Director Russell T. Vought today requesting an explanation for President...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.’s (D-NJ) remarks as prepared for delivery for today’s Full Committee hearing titled, “Addressing the Urgent Needs of Our Tribal Communities:"
By DOE Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) announced a Request for Information (RFI) to solicit views on safeguarding the bulk-power system (BPS) supply chain from threats and vulnerabilities.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania upholding the Trump Administration’s rules allowing employers to deny health insurance coverage for birth control...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - An EM deactivation and demolition crew at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) recently encapsulated a concrete slab with a fixative after removing asbestos from it.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: An advance agenda is now available for the 2020 National Cleanup Workshop that will bring together top Department of Energy officials as well as industry and state, tribal, and local government leaders to discuss progress and opportunities in the EM cleanup mission.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: The team of federal employees supporting the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs is small but mighty. In this “Meet Our Team" blog post series, we introduce key staff dedicated to the Office and its mission to support tribes in pursuing their energy visions.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - As the Hanford Site continues a phased remobilization of site operations, EM Richland Operations Office (RL) and its contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC) recently began designing and constructing a full-scale off-site mock-up to support the stabilization of three underground structures with engineered grout.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: EM contractors at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) and Savannah River Site (SRS) were recently awarded Star status for safety and health advances through the DOE’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP).
By DOE Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Upgrades and construction are progressing at Building 2026 to prepare the facility to begin processing a high-dose portion of Oak Ridge’s uranium-233 inventory. That work will enable EM to convert the material into a disposal-ready form after extracting an unprecedented amount of thorium for next generation cancer research.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - A basin that once held cooling water used in Oak Ridge’s former uranium enrichment operations has been removed from the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP), and now the site where it was located has been restored.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII) announced selections totaling up to $1.7 million for four projects that will advance innovation in smart manufacturing. The selected projects will create educational programs that support smart-manufacturing technologies, processes, and workforce development.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Hanford tank operations contractor Washington River Protection Solutions is preparing to retrieve radioactive and chemical waste from storage tanks in the site’s A Tank Farm.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 7, 2020
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM crews have demolished two small structures formerly used to measure the flow of hazardous wastewater and obtain sample data within a process sewer line at the Savannah River Site (SRS).
