News from May 2023
Idaho Site Team Shares Sense of Achievement Over Treatment Facility Launch
By DOE Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
Sixteen years after EM broke ground for the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU), the first-of-a-kind facility began treating radioactive liquid waste from underground tanks at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site on the afternoon of Tuesday, April 11.
Oak Ridge Cleans Up Creek Bank at East Tennessee Technology Park
By DOE Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR are in the final stages of cleanup at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP).
Mannequin Assists Hanford Employees in Radiological Control Training
By DOE Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
An innovative radiological control simulator plays a key role in the training process for technicians at the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP).
Hanford Fire Department Prepares for Fire Season
By DOE Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
Months before the wildland fire season begins, EM Richland Operations Office contractor Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) conducts fire prevention efforts on the Hanford Site, getting equipment ready and reducing the potential severity of any wildfires.
CESER Partners with CISA to Release New Framework for Software Bill of Materials Sharing
By DOE Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
On April 19, 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) jointly released a proposed framework to guide software developers and users seeking to share a software bill of materials (SBOM).
CESER Supports DOE’s $38 Million Funding Opportunity to Secure the Grid of the Future
By DOE Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a $38 million funding opportunity for National Laboratories to advance key research and development priorities needed to build a grid that can deliver resilient, reliable, flexible, secure, sustainable, affordable, and equitable electricity.
NNSA invites comments on Notice of Intent for Sandia National Laboratories’ Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement
By DOE Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration published a Notice of Intent (NOI) today to prepare a new Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for Continued Operation of Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico (SWEIS).
NNSA delivers 2023 Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan to Congress
By DOE Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
Report includes efforts to implement the Biden Administration’s 2022 Nuclear Posture Review
ICYMI: Outdoor Industry Association Awards Manchin Friend of the Industry Award
By DOE Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, was recently awarded the Outdoor Industry Association’s (OIA) Friend of the Industry Award.
Manchin Co-Sponsors Resolution to End Solar Tariff Waivers, Onshore Energy Supply Chains
By DOE Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, co-sponsored Senator Rick Scott’s (R-FL) S.J.Res.15, a joint resolution disapproving of the Administration’s attempts to pause tariffs on solar imports from four Southeast Asian countries.
Chair Rodgers on Biden’s New EPA Tailpipe Proposals: It Will Make New Vehicles Unaffordable
By DOE Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on the Biden administration’s announcement of two new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules to make vehicles even more expensive for Americans.
Chairs Rodgers, Latta Announce Legislative Hearing on Unleashing U.S. Communications Innovation
By DOE Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta (R-OH) today announced a hearing titled “Breaking Barriers: Streamlining Permitting to Expedite Broadband Deployment.”
Congressional Republicans Call for Reconsideration of Administration’s Anti-Innovation Drug-Price Policy
By DOE Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-MO), and Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee Mike Crapo (R-ID), raised concerns with the Biden administration’s initial drug price-setting program implementation guidance document.
Chairs Rodgers, Guthrie Announce Health Subcommittee Hearing on Existing Healthcare Workforce and Primary Care Programs
By DOE Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY)
Rodgers Statement on Biden’s Illegal Expansion of Government Sponsored Health Benefits
By DOE Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)
E&C GOP Implore Biden Commerce Official to Speak Out Against TikTok at Ethics Summit
By DOE Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Innovation, Data and Commerce Chair Gus Bilirakis (R-FL)
Bipartisan E&C Leaders Request Information on Ensuring Safe, Efficient and Predictable Nuclear Energy Regulation
By DOE Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)
O&I Subcommittee Chair Griffith Calls HHS’ Handling of Unaccompanied Minors an “Abject Failure”
By DOE Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered the following opening remarks during today’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled “Insights from the HHS Inspector General on Oversight of Unaccompanied Minors, Grant Management, and CMS.”
IDC Subcommittee Chair Bilirakis to FTC: Stop Carrying Out “President Biden’s Leftist Crusade”
By DOE Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce Chair Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) delivered opening remarks at today’s Innovation, Data, and Commerce subcommittee hearing titled “Fiscal Year 2024 Federal Trade Commission Budget.”
Energy Subcommittee Chair Duncan: “Nuclear Energy Must be Part of our Energy Matrix”
By DOE Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Energy, Climate, & Grid Security Subcommittee hearing titled “American Nuclear Energy Expansion: Powering a Clean and Secure Future.”