News and reports from the Department of Energy.

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Hanford’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant team recently activated a specially designed crane system to practice bringing empty stainless-steel containers inside the plant’s Low-Activity Waste Facility. During operations, moving containers with the remotely operated crane will...

News Release: EM leveraged the results of years of successful work in 2021 to launch a new era for DOE’s cleanup mission, all while continuing to manage the challenging conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. EM summarized its cleanup accomplishments across the complex, including numerous major program priorities, in its 2021 Year in Review released in late December.

News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $13.4 million in funding for next-generation plastics technologies that reduce the energy consumption and carbon emissions of single-use plastics. The seven selected research and development (R&D) projects - led by industry and universities - will convert...

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today applauding the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) series of actions aimed at protecting Americans from toxic coal ash...

News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - EM and cleanup contractor CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley (CHBWV) have replaced six railroad ties along nearly 8,000 feet of track within the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) following an annual inspection.

News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM has reduced its operational footprint at the F Area Complex by moving from around-the-clock operations to dayshifts, a measure of progress toward completing cleanup and closure of that portion of the Savannah River Site (SRS).

News Release: Washington, D.C.-Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans today highlighted bills members are leading to combat and stop influence from the Chinese Communist Party in American medical research. E&C Republicans introduced seven bills that increase transparency, improve oversight, and protect biomedical intellectual property through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

A total of eight projects in the private sector focused on the devlopment of fusion energy have recently been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for collaboration with the National Laboratories and awards of between $50,000 and $500,000 each.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) is providing up to $644,000 in funding to the University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources for research into the state’s economic reliance on fossil fuel production and the implementation of hydrogen technology.

In 2021, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management saw a reclamation project to completion in Colorado.

A veteran Department of Energy officer with additional experience as a journalist for the Associated Press and as a public information officer for the United Nations, will be retiring.

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Jan. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

There were 1,706 notices published by the Energy Department in 2021, according to the Federal Register.