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Oak Ridge Contractor’s Grants Benefit 29 Regional Schools This Year
By DOE Newswire | May 24, 2023
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Oak Ridge ’s cleanup contractor is awarding $40,000 in grants for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) projects that benefit 29 schools across a nine-county region.
Savannah River Site Safety Expo Reinforces Safety Culture
By DOE Newswire | May 24, 2023
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The Savannah River Site (SRS) recently hosted its annual safety expo, featuring nearly 60 informational booths designed to educate and engage employees on a variety of topics that underpin the site’s safety culture, legacy and performance.
DOE Prepares for Hurricane Season, and So Can You
By DOE Newswire | May 24, 2023
News Release: June 1 marks the first day of hurricane season in the U.S., which runs until November 30. Prediction models forecast an active hurricane season in 2023, with around 2-3 hurricanes expected to reach Category 3 status. However, preparation and resilience efforts for storms like these begin before hurricane...
LM Co-Hosts Emergency Management Organization Annual Meeting
By DOE Newswire | May 24, 2023
News Release: Natural and man-made disasters seem to be wreaking havoc around the world. Federal, state, and local government organizations are continually considering these threats in their current and future emergency management planning.
LM Conservation Projects Protect, Restore, and Enhance LM Sites Nationwide
By DOE Newswire | May 24, 2023
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management sustainability teams support DOE priorities, including ecological health, conservation, land reuse, land management, and energy conservation. The LM Ecosystem Management Team works hard to create, restore, protect, and enhance ecosystems and to create partnerships that support these priorities at several LM sites.
U.S. Department of Energy Announces $34 Million to Deploy Clean Energy Technologies in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
By DOE Newswire | May 24, 2023
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ-The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $34 million in funding to advance clean energy technology in 18 American Indian and Alaska Native communities. This funding will strengthen tribal communities by supercharging their access to solar power and microgrids, increasing energy...
Hanford Trains DOE Team on Assessing Damage to Energy Infrastructure
By DOE Newswire | May 24, 2023
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Richland Operations Office contractor Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) recently trained members of the DOE Catastrophic Incident Response Team on damage assessment and restoration after a natural disaster.
Paducah Contractor Challenges Students to ‘Hack’ Plastics Waste Problem
By DOE Newswire | May 24, 2023
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - Students from three regional high schools recently teamed up for Hack the Plastics, an event created by the DOE Office of Environmental Management's (EM ) Paducah Site cleanup contractor to “hack," or propose solutions, to help solve a part of the global plastics waste problem.
Test Runs Improve Hanford Waste Treatment Plant System Reliability
By DOE Newswire | May 24, 2023
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - A team at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) at the Hanford Site recently tested the plant’s autosampling system, capping off an effort to address technical challenges affecting system reliability.
Idaho Facility Now Processing 100% Radioactive Liquid Waste
By DOE Newswire | May 24, 2023
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - The Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) has progressed to treating sodium-bearing waste entirely, the next step in efficiently removing remaining liquid radioactive waste from nearby Cold War-era underground tanks and closing them to protect the environment.
DOE Announces Winners of 10th Annual Collegiate Wind Competition
By DOE Newswire Report | May 21, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the winners of the 10th annual Collegiate Wind Competition (CWC).
DOE Announces $187 Million to Ensure Widespread And Accelerated Electrification of America’s Transportation Sector
By DOE Newswire Report | May 21, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a new $99.5 million funding opportunity in addition to the selection of 45 projects totaling $87 million to advance production of next-generation electric vehicle (EV) technologies, train the future electrified transportation workforce, and ensure the equitable deployment of clean mobility options in disadvantaged communities.
Biden-Harris Administration Invests $51 Million in America's Electric Vehicle Charging Network
By DOE Newswire Report | May 21, 2023
The Biden-Harris Administration today announced a $51 million Ride and Drive Electric funding opportunity through President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to accelerate the electrification of the nation's transportation sector and spur private sector investments in clean transportation.
DOE Selects Arizona State University to Lead New Institute to Drive Industrial Decarbonization through Electrification of Process Heat
By DOE Newswire Report | May 21, 2023
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of Arizona State University to lead the seventh Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute.
U.S. Department of Energy Announces Winners of the 2023 Hydropower and Marine Energy Collegiate Competitions
By DOE Newswire Report | May 21, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the winners of the 2023 Hydropower Collegiate Competition (HCC) and Marine Energy Collegiate Competition (MECC).
Biden-Harris Administration Invests $26 Million to Support a Modern, Reliable, and Resilient American Clean Energy Grid
By DOE Newswire Report | May 21, 2023
As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $26 million for eight selected projects to demonstrate how solar, wind, storage, and other clean energy resources can support a reliable and efficient U.S. power grid.
Biden-Harris Administration Releases Nearly $600 Million to Modernize and Advance Water Power Across America
By DOE Newswire Report | May 21, 2023
As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced nearly $600 million to modernize hydroelectric power and advance marine energy throughout America.
DOE Announces $7.75 Million Investment in HBCUs to Support STEM Workforce
By DOE Newswire Report | May 21, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Clean Energy Education Prize, a competition that will help HBCU institutions develop programming to strengthen the participation of K-12 and community college students in science, technology, engineering, and technology (STEM) fields.
Quantum entanglement could make accelerometers and dark matter detectors more precise
By DOE Newswire Report | May 21, 2023
The “spooky action at a distance” that once unnerved Einstein may be on its way to being as pedestrian as the gyroscopes that currently measure acceleration in smartphones.
LM Makes a Splash at 28th Annual Western Colorado Children’s Water Festival
By DOE Newswire | May 21, 2023
News Release: It was the first session of the morning, but before she could give her water-quality presentation to the fifth graders gathered at her booth, Sara Woods had to fire up the crowd.