By DOE Newswire | Nov 3, 2022
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Just over a year after breaking ground, crews recently completed construction of a protective enclosure, or “cocoon," around another former plutonium production reactor at the Hanford Site, leaving only one more to go.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 3, 2022
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The Volpentest HAMMER Federal Training Center recently commemorated its 25th year of operation as EM ’s premier hands-on health, safety and emergency response training center.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 3, 2022
Release: Research Projects Across 19 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico Will Help Communities Improve Energy Planning, Increase Grid Resilience, and Restore Power After Disasters
By DOE Newswire | Nov 3, 2022
News Release: Last summer, two interns got a head start on their careers through a partnership between the Office of Legacy Management (LM) and the Mentorship for Environmental Scholars (MES) Program.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 3, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - El Departamento de Energía de EE. UU. (DOE, por sus siglas en inglés) anunció hoy $43 millones de dólares en fondos para 23 proyectos que buscan ayudar a las comunidades a planificar su transición hacia un futuro de energía limpia y mejorar la confiabilidad y seguridad de la red energética.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 3, 2022
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM ’s) liquid waste contractor at Savannah River Site (SRS) has partnered with Claflin University to challenge the students to improve the method for removing and replacing radioactively contaminated equipment inside the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF ).
By DOE Newswire | Nov 3, 2022
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - EM contractor UCOR last week assumed responsibility of the Transuranic Waste Processing Center (TWPC) and waste processing operations at Oak Ridge.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 3, 2022
News Release: PENSACOLA, Fla. - Donning devices that help relieve stress on workers’ muscles and joints or create a virtual reality simulating a worksite, more than 40 members of a team recently met in person for the first time since fiscal 2020 to evaluate technology to improve the safety and well-being of EM ’s workforce.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 3, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $35 million in new funding opportunities to deploy clean energy technology on Tribal lands and power unelectrified Tribal buildings. This funding will promote Tribal energy and economic development by helping Native communities unlock...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 3, 2022
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - EM crews recently demolished the first of the remaining structures over the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site ’s Cold War-era landfill following the completion of targeted buried radioactive waste retrieval there earlier this year.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 3, 2022
News Release: DOE bestowed its Sustainability Award on the EM program at the Savannah River Site (SRS) last week for its innovative use of natural resources to safely address groundwater containing the legacy contaminant tritium.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 3, 2022
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Nov. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 3, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $43 million for 23 projects to help communities plan their transition to a clean energy future and improve grid reliability and security. Twenty research projects will focus on increasing communities’ resilience to disruptions from...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 3, 2022
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Nov. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 3, 2022
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - EM crews at the West Valley Demonstration Project have marked progress in the demolition of the Main Plant Process Building by successfully deconstructing a concrete block structure on the facility’s third floor.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 3, 2022
Release: SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO — El Departamento de Energía de los Estados Unidos (DOE, por sus siglas en inglés) anunció hoy que Agustín Carbó ha sido seleccionado para servir como Director del nuevo Equipo de Modernización y Recuperación de la Red Energética de Puerto Rico (PR Grid Modernization Team). La Secretaria ...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 3, 2022
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The Savannah River Site (SRS) exceeded its plutonium downblending goal for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30 ahead of schedule as part of ongoing activities to remove the material from South Carolina.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 3, 2022
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Nov. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 3, 2022
Release: San Juan, Puerto Rico Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022 Thank you, Javier, for the kind introduction. And hello, SESA. What a privilege to be back in San Juan, joining you all in person. A month ago, President Biden asked me to lead the Puerto Rico Grid Modernization and Recovery Team. This is not another ...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 3, 2022
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - Crews have finished building a first-of-a-kind DOE facility that sets the stage to change the way EM ’s Paducah Site scans, packages and disposes equipment and waste for the foreseeable future.
