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The quest for thermoelectric materials that efficiently convert changes in temperature into electric voltage is challenging.
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West Valley Prepares Roadway for Flow of Trucks in Main Plant Demolition

EM crews replaced a large culvert along a road at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) where heavy equipment will transport waste containers during the teardown of the Main Plant Process Building.
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NNSA’s annual Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan delivered to Congress

Report provides an integrated picture of nuclear security enterprise activities and capabilities
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Leader Rodgers: “To win the future, we must continue to make spectrum available, promote innovation, and keep up with wireless demands”

House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee on ensuring American leadership in next generation communications technology.
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Glick: Policy updates allow FERC 'to make important, often complex decisions'

Members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) met with a U.S. Senate committee recently to review updates the agency has made to its guidance policies on natural gas projects, FERC announced this month.
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“AMERICA IN CRISIS” published by the Congressional Record in the House of Representatives section on March 17

“AMERICA IN CRISIS“ was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H3822-H3825 on March 17
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DOE Awards $9 Million to Tribal Communities To Enhance Energy Security And Resilience

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced nearly $9 million in funding to 13 American Indian and Alaska Native communities for 14 projects that will harness their vast undeveloped solar, hydro and geothermal energy resources, reduce or stabilize energy costs, and increase...
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Leader Rodgers Invites Sec. Granholm to Testify in April on Rising Gas Prices

House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) sent a letter to Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm inviting her to testify before the Energy and Commerce Committee on what the Biden administration will do to reverse its anti-American energy agenda and help increase domestic oil and gas production in order to lower costs.
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Rodgers and Guthrie Statement on Two Health Bills Signed into Law

House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement after President Joe Biden signed H.R. 1667, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, and H.R. 189, the John Lewis NIMHD Research Endowment Revitalization Act of 2021.
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DOE Invests $2.4 Million for Next-Generation Energy Storage Technologies

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced $2.4 million in funding for three projects to advance novel thermal and hydrogen energy storage technologies toward increased duration, reliability and affordability. The technologies...
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NNSA awards $21 million for research grants for science and technology

In February 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) awarded 36 grants totaling $21 million to support research activities in areas of physical sciences and engineering as part of the Stewardship Science Academic Alliances (SSAA) Program.
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U.S. Department of Energy Announces Contract Awards for Crude Oil Sales From the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management announced that contracts have been awarded for ALL 30 million barrels put up for sale from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
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DOE Invests $2.2 Million to Develop High-Strength Building Materials, Providing New, Clean Uses for Coal Waste

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced $2.2 million in funding for a project that will produce high-strength, lightweight building materials made from domestic coal waste.
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Alternative Precision Timing Services for the Nation’s Power Grid

The Office of Electricity has partnered with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to lead an effort to establish the Center for Alternate Synchronization and Timing (CAST).
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New Genome Editing Tools Can Edit Within Microbial Communities

In nature, microbial communities contain multiple species of bacteria.
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Anyons Found! Best Evidence Yet for these Long-Sought Quasi-Particles

Unlike subatomic particles, quasiparticles are not actually particles.
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FERC Chairman Glick Appoints Vlissides as Administrative Law Judge

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Richard Glick today appointed Matthew J. Vlissides, Jr. as an Administrative Law Judge.
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FERC Staff Issues the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Clear Creek Expansion Project (Docket No. CP21-6-000)

The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) prepared a final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Clear Creek Expansion Project proposed by Spire Storage West, LLC (Spire).
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Energy Department discusses Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards on March 18

The US Energy Department published a seven page rule on March 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Energy Department publishes 29 notices in week ending March 19

There were 29 notices published by the Energy Department in week ending March 19, according to the Federal Register.
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