By DOE Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected 12 projects to receive approximately $44.5 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) under the funding opportunity announcement (FOA), Advanced Technologies for Recovery of Unconventional Oil & Gas Resources.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - April Wickersham began her career at the Hanford Site as an engineer in 2009. A decade later, she helps lead one of Hanford’s highest priority projects for EM Richland Operations Office contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company. Wickersham’s leadership in the effort to remotely...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Office of River Protection tank operations contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) recently developed unique tools to remove contaminated pieces of equipment from single-shell waste storage tanks at the Hanford Site.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - The West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) Site has saved money, improved safety, and increased efficiency by changing how it orders and provides personal protective clothing for the EM cleanup workforce.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: AUGUSTA, Ga. - DOE federal and contractor officials took part in panel discussions on Savannah River Site (SRS) operations, contracting opportunities, and ways to partner with EM’s Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) during a recent event held by the Energy Technology and Environmental Business Association (ETEBA).
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced over $24 million in funding for 77 projects supported by the Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF). With matching funds from the private sector, these projects will advance the commercialization...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee to review the implementation of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) program.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The Savannah River Site (SRS) recently transferred ownership of a massive 1960s vintage crane to the SRS Community Reuse Organization (SRSCRO), avoiding the estimated $2 million cost of disposing of the machine in a landfill.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Mission Support Alliance (MSA), contractor for EM Richland Operations Office, recently hosted science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) students from a local high school at the Volpentest Hazardous Materials Management and Emergency Response (HAMMER) Federal Training Center.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - DOE Under Secretary for Science Paul Dabbar, left, receives a briefing June 19 in the Low-Activity Waste facility at the Hanford Site ’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant. EM is on track to begin treating waste at the plant by 2023. Also pictured is Mark Planning, director of intergovernmental and external affairs with DOE's Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing on “Reauthorizing Vital Health Programs for American Families."
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announcing its proposed rule for five Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic (PBT) chemicals - a class of toxic chemicals subject to explicitly stricter standards under the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The EM Consolidated Business Center and DOE's Office of Legacy Management (LM) recently signed an agreement to expand collaboration on EM’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project, which could save taxpayer dollars and improve construction of a waste disposal cell.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced over $24 million in funding for 77 projects supported by the Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF). With matching funds from the private sector, these projects will advance the commercialization ...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Robocalls are plaguing American consumers, scamming individuals and undermining our communications systems. Energy and Commerce Committee leaders are marking up bipartisan robocall legislation today to cut the line on robocalls once and for all. Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks at a Subcommittee on Communications and Technology markup on H.R. 3375, the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: Today, we are here to address a major concern of consumers - those annoying and illegal robocalls. The rising tide of illegal robocalls was once a nuisance, but it has grown to threaten the way consumers view and use their telephones. If we don’t get a handle on them, I am fearful robocalls will undermine our entire phone system.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A bipartisan group of Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Norman E. “Ned" Sharpless, M.D., today requesting briefings on two key agency actions related to the opioid epidemic. The Committee leaders are seeking...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Leadership at the Oak Ridge Site met with the Oak Ridge Site Specific Advisory Board (ORSSAB) recently to educate members about the federal budget process, EM’s near-term plans, and the path for the site’s future cleanup.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: A bipartisan group of Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Norman E. “Ned" Sharpless, M.D., today requesting briefings on two key agency actions related to the opioid epidemic. The Committee leaders are seeking information on the...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Health Subcommittee legislative hearing on, “Reauthorizing Vital Health Programs for American Families:"
