By DOE Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Communications and Technology and Consumer Protection and Commerce...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) has expanded its Minority Serving Institution Partnership Program (MSIPP) to include four new consortia across 12 schools.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced details today for the Health Subcommittee legislative hearing on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 10:30 am in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Legislation to Reverse the Youth Tobacco Epidemic."
By DOE Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - DOE recently recognized a Savannah River Site (SRS) team for its innovative approach to sustainability involving the use of aerial drones to control the growth of vegetation atop two closed reactor buildings, saving more than $170,000 a year.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Joshua Wright, an employee with EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor Mission Support Alliance (MSA), was recognized as the 2019 Washington State Fire Mechanic of the Year by the Washington Fire Chiefs Association.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Mississippi State University (MSU) technicians recently collaborated with EM Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) Analytical Laboratory (LAB) contractor Bechtel National, Inc. (BNI) to test high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filtration systems.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - With a membership that has grown to 60 people, Savannah River Site employee resource group Women@LiquidWaste (W@LW) is celebrating one year of professional development, networking opportunities, and membership growth.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: EM cleanup contractors from coast to coast were recently honored with a variety of awards for safety and health excellence in DOE’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP).
By DOE Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - About $4.7 million in savings from Savannah River Site (SRS) fiscal 2019 infrastructure improvement projects enabled renovations to a building that consolidates new employee onboarding for the site’s management and operations contractor.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Hanford ’s past, present and future were on display last week as Energy Secretary Rick Perry celebrated a significant cleanup milestone of transferring 35 cubic yards of highly radioactive sludge from a reactor basin near the Columbia River to safe storage in the center of the 580-square-mile site.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) announced the grand prize winners in the Furthering Advancements to Shorten Time (FAST) Commissioning for Pumped-Storage Hydropower Prize competition, which aims to help accelerate commissioning times and reduce cost and risk in PSH projects.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL), and Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement on the Water Infrastructure Funding Transfer Act, which was signed into law by President Trump...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: On Sept. 24, 2019, the Office of Legacy Management released its Summary of Annual Site Environmental Reports (ASER) for Calendar Year 2018. The report is always done a year in retrospect and it provides a high-level overview of the environmental reporting that we complete throughout the year. LM is committed to stewardship by ensuring environmental protection, compliance, and sustainability. The report is available on the EMS Goals/Progress/Plans/Reports page.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) has invited United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to testify at the joint Subcommittee hearing on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act on October 16. The invitation comes after Pallone and Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) sent Lighthizer a letter in August expressing their concerns regarding the export of language mirroring Section 230 in trade agreements.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the issuance of an order to Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville LLC (Eagle LNG) approving exports of domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Eagle Jacksonville Project, to be located along the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, ...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced that the United States will host the world’s biggest conference on concentrating solar power (CSP) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In October 2020, SolarPACES (Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems), a program of the International Energy Agency, will bring...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) today urging the government watchdog to investigate and evaluate months-long communication failures and restoration efforts in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands following Hurricane Maria in 2017.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement on the President’s Executive Order on “Protecting and Improving Medicare for our Nation’s Seniors" this afternoon...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: Collegiate teams can test their creativity, ingenuity, and passion for designing highly efficient and innovative buildings by participating in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon® 2020 Design Challenge. Teams must apply by Tuesday, November 5, 2019, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC - The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced up to $35 million in new funding on Wednesday at the Innovation XLab: Artificial Intelligence Summit in Chicago, IL, for the development of tools and systems that will enable reduced expense and increased flexibility in the operation and maintenance at nuclear power plants.
