By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS - EM officials engaged with representatives of tribal owned businesses during the recent Reservation Economic Summit 2020 to discuss how they can help the cleanup program accelerate work completion.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX - A three-party agreement signed by EM and its counterparts in Canada and the United Kingdom aims to strengthen their collaborations on cleaning up legacy nuclear sites.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) selected one project to receive approximately $1.5 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development under the second closing of funding opportunity announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0002001, Crosscutting Research for Coal-Fueled Power Plants.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Crews at Hanford Site 's Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant recently completed construction and startup at the Effluent Management Facility electrical powerhouse building (pictured at front, left). The building has been handed over to the waste treatment plant commissioning team...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM’s Office of River Protection and tank operations contractor Washington River Protection Solutions recently used an innovative robotic system that employs ultrasonic sound waves to help engineers detect and mitigate corrosion of Hanford Site waste storage tanks.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - New filters proposed for a key waste treatment facility at the Idaho National Laboratory site underwent extensive testing recently and will be installed at the facility in the coming months, an important step towards beginning operations later this year.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX - EM cleanup accomplishments in recent years have now set the stage for dramatic progress in the coming decade, senior adviser William "Ike" White said Monday at the Waste Management Symposia 2020.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - EM workers are making progress upgrading aging radiological wastewater treatment infrastructure essential to Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) operations.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders wrote to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn, M.D. asking a series of questions and requesting a briefing on the potential impact the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) could have on the supply of safe drugs and other medical products in the United States.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs issued their FY 2020 Phase II Release 2 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) with approximately $111 million in available funding. The following DOE program offices are participating in this FOA...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) released the following statement today urging water utility companies across the country to avoid shutting off water service in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivers the following opening remarks at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee markup titled, “Markup of Media Diversity and Public Safety Bills."
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders wrote to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn, M.D. asking a series of questions and requesting a briefing on the potential impact the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) could have on the supply of safe drugs and other medical products in the United States.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the United States and Australia have signed a milestone arrangement that lays the groundwork for Australia to lease space in the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to store and access Australian owned oil, strengthening international energy security and resiliency.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
Release: *On the record, attributable to DOE Spokeswoman, Jess Szymanski
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued the following statement today after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended that all travelers should avoid cruises...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee markup of 11 bills...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement after the Senate passed the bipartisan Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability Act (S.1822 ):
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Oak Ridge’s EM program and two of its contractors, UCOR and Isotek, recently supported a local middle school’s science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) night, which attracted 700 students and their families.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Workers recently sent a robotic crawler on an advance scouting mission to ensure the safety of crews preparing an aging structure near the Hanford Sit e’s K West Reactor for demolition.
