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DOE Honors Two EM Sites for Increasing Use of Zero-Emissions Vehicles
By DOE Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Just in time for Earth Day, DOE named EM’s Portsmouth Site and Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) as Green Fleet Award recipients last week for their exceptional efforts in ordering the most light-duty zero-emissions vehicles (ZEV) in fiscal 2023.
DOE Releases First Update to Consent-Based Siting Process For Spent Nuclear Fuel, Prioritizing Environmental Justice For American Communities
By DOE Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released an updated version of its consent-based siting process that takes immediate action to engage with willing communities to host federal consolidated interim storage facilities, reducing the number of locations where commercial spent nuclear...
Savannah River Site Contractor Finishes Complete Year Safely
By DOE Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM’s liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) has completed more than 365 days without a work-related injury that required an employee to miss a day on the job.
New Equipment Sets Stage for Future Deactivation at Paducah Site
By DOE Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - After months of training, field demonstrations and operational drills, workers at EM’s Paducah Site have demonstrated the safe and compliant operation of new equipment to compact components - each roughly the size of a 15-passenger van - as part of upcoming deactivation work for a massive uranium-enrichment process building slated for demolition.
LM Attends, Co-Sponsors STEM-Sation at Arizona High School Featuring Miss Navajo Nation 2022-2023
By DOE Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: More than 600 high school students participated in a STEM-sation event with the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management and partners at Monument Valley High School in Kayenta, Arizona, on April 13.
WIPP Waste Shipment Drivers Surpass 16 Million Safe Miles
By DOE Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) recently marked a milestone after its drivers exceeded 16 million safe miles without a serious accident or injury, equivalent to 33 roundtrips to the moon or more than 642 trips around the world.
Mannequin Assists Hanford Employees in Radiological Control Training
By DOE Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - 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 ). Called VIZRAD Frisk, the simulator allows technicians to get experience screening for contamination.
Idaho Site Team Shares Sense of Achievement Over Treatment Facility Launch
By DOE Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - 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.
Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Investments to Support and Accelerate Community Solar Across America
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced several new solar energy investments to cut home electricity bills and reduce local pollution.
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $82 Million Investment to Increase Domestic Solar Manufacturing and Recycling, Strengthen the American Clean Energy Grid
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $52 million for 19 selected projects, including $10 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, to strengthen America’s domestic solar supply chain, and $30 million in funding for technologies that will help integrate solar energy into the grid. The research, development, and demonstration projects aim to enhance domestic solar manufacturing, support the recycling of solar panels, and develop new American-made solar technologies.
Quantum evolution
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
World Quantum Day is April 14. ASCR Discovery checks in with Berkeley Lab’s Bert de Jong, one of quantum computing’s leading experts.
CABBI/GLBRC Team Explores Leaf Microbiome in Perennial Bioenergy Crops
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) researcher Ashley Shade asks a simple question, but it’s one well worth investigation.
Catching Dark Matter in a Basement
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
Few things carry the same aura of mystery as dark matter.
DOE extends funding for Bioenergy Research Center involving CSU scientists
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy has renewed funding for the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI), led by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, for a total investment of $237.9 million from 2017 to 2027.
Beating the heat: Exploring algae's ability to thrive in extreme environments
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
Found in acidic volcanic hot springs, the extremophilic alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae contains a unique process that allows them to survive in extreme environments.
VIMS study: sea-level rise is double-edged sword for carbon storage
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
Coastal ecosystems are a natural storehouse for carbon, with policymakers looking to bays, marshes, and seaside forests as nature-based solutions to help combat climate change.
First real-time glimpse into the growth habits of nanoparticles
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
For the first time ever, researchers have watched the mesmerizing process of nanoparticles self-assembling into solid materials.
Department of Energy grant funds next five years of Great Lakes biofuel research
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
As the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a summary on Monday declaring “a rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a livable and sustainable future for all,” researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are investigating methods to turn plant waste into sustainable biofuel and bioproducts with renewed funding from the United States Department of Energy (DOE).
Imaging technique reveals electronic charges with single-atom resolution
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
New scanning tunneling microscopy method demystifies what electrons are doing on the surface of a compound.
Researcher to image lab earthquake formation, precursory signals with ultrasound
By DOE Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
Earthquakes are notoriously hard to predict, and scientists currently rely on seismic hazard maps to predict the likelihood of an earthquake to strike a particular region.