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News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - EM crews are taking the first steps to bring the massive Alpha-4 facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12) to the cold-and-dark stage, a process in which they remove all utility sources to the building as a precursor to demolition.
Energy
Leader Rodgers to President Biden: Provide Your Plan to Unwind the Public Health Emergency
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on unwinding the public health emergency (PHE) after President Biden declared the COVID-19 pandemic is over.
Energy
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $156 Million for America's First-of-a-Kind Critical Minerals Refinery
Release: Funded by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, New Project Will Demonstrate the Commercial Viability of Turning Mine Waste into Clean Energy Technology, Boosting Domestic Manufacturing and Securing Domestic Supply Chain
Energy
DOE Awards Technical Assistance Contracts for EM Field Sites and Task Order 1 for EM-Los Alamos Field Office
News Release: Cincinnati - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) awarded seven multiple-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts for the Technical Assistance Contracts for EM Field Sites (Site TACs). The contracts will have a maximum ordering limitation...
Energy
DOE Announces $16 Million to Support Consent-Based Siting for Spent Nuclear Fuel
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $16 million in funding to provide resources to communities interested in learning more about consent-based siting, management of spent nuclear fuel, and interim storage facility siting considerations. Nuclear power plants that produce...
Energy
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission set to publish a new notice on Sept. 21
There are 10 releases scheduled to be published on Sept. 21.
Energy
E&C Announces Full Committee Markup
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the full Committee will hold a markup on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 10:15 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
Energy
Idaho, WIPP Observe Safety-Focused Day to Affirm Waste Shipping Relationship
News Release: EM crews at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site and Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) jointly observed a day focused on safety last week to review transuranic (TRU) waste shipping and receipt procedures, reestablish their commitment to safety and further strengthen their working relationships.
Energy
SRS Set to Decommission Building Used to Produce Space Program Fuel
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM is slated to decommission a building at the Savannah River Site (SRS) containing residual plutonium once used to power deep space missions after workers finished deactivating the facility.
Energy
Energy Department discusses Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Circulator Pumps on Sept. 19
The US Energy Department published a three page rule on Sept. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Energy
Innovation and Commitment Lead to Safety Awards for Hanford Contractor
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - An innovative system used to make digging trenches safer and faster at the Hanford Site recently earned EM Office of River Protection ’s tank farms contractor a top safety award.
Energy
New notice from Energy Department to be published on Sept. 21
There is one release scheduled to be published on Sept. 21.
Energy
Three Portsmouth Site Employees Honored for Saving Co-Worker’s Life
News Release: PIKE COUNTY, Ohio - The health and safety of Portsmouth Site employees is the first priority. When something doesn’t seem right, team members know to act.
Energy
DOE Announces Notice of Sale of Additional Crude Oil From the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Release: Notice is Part of Biden-Harris Administration’s Continued Action to Protect American Consumers and Address the Global Supply Disruption Caused by Putin’s Energy Price Hike
Energy
DOE Recognizes 2022 Housing Innovation Award Winners
News Release: Today at the Energy & Environmental Building Alliance (EEBA) High Performance Home Building Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the winners of its 2022 Housing Innovation Awards, the highest honor builders can receive for constructing Zero Energy Ready Homes.
Energy
DOE-ID offers new grant application process starting Sept. 20
Consent-Based Siting for Interim Storage Program -- Community Engagement Opportunities grant opened on Sept. 20.
Energy
Bills addressed by Energy and Commerce Committee on Sept. 19
There was activity on 14 bills related to the Energy and Commerce Committee on Sept. 19.
Energy
Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the bills it addressed on Sept. 19
There was activity on one bill related to the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Sept. 19.
Energy
Small Businesses Support Environmental Remediation at Los Alamos
News Release: LOS ALAMOS, N.M. - As part of its goal to increase small business involvement in the legacy cleanup mission, EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) contractor Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos (N3B) recently awarded subcontracts to three small environmental firms.
Energy
Salvaging reusable cleanup-site materials 'not just a task to safely complete': Conner
The recent demolition of an old coal-handling system at a former nuclear-weapons manufacturing site in South Carolina will benefit both the environment and local businesses.
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