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Meet Our Team: Josh Gregory Advances Tribal Energy Goals Through Financial Support Assistance
By DOE Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: Josh Gregory joined the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Indian Energy as an Engineer in September 2021. Duty stationed in Golden, Colorado, Josh serves as a technical expert supporting technical assistance and administering financial assistance awards to American Indian nations, Alaska Native villages, and tribal and intertribal organizations.
Idaho Site Building Demolition Closes Chapter on Underlying Disposal Pit
By DOE Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - The legacy of a pit that held radioactive and hazardous waste for 56 years at DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory Site has ended.
National Archives Receives Hanford’s World War II and Cold War Records
By DOE Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Classified records from the start of the Manhattan Project arrived safely at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration near Washington, D.C., after EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) securely prepped them for a lengthy journey under escort by drivers holding top secret clearance from DOE.
DOE Announces Intent to Fund Buildout of a Carbon Dioxide Transportation System to Support National Decarbonization Efforts
By DOE Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today issued a notice of intent (NOI) to provide funding made available through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for DOE’s Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation...
Oak Ridge Hosts U.K. Partners to Exchange Best Cleanup Practices
By DOE Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Leadership from the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) came together recently to exchange best practices for decommissioning facilities and a host of other cleanup topics.
Crews Begin Demolition Near Former Hanford Plutonium Processing Facility
By DOE Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Demolition is underway on several former chemical storage tanks and associated infrastructure as risk-reduction activities continue at a former plutonium processing facility at the Hanford Site.
Thinking Like the Adversary Helps Secure Our Critical Infrastructure
By DOE Newswire | Aug 21, 2023
News Release: When critical functions like energy transmission and delivery are too important for the safety and security of our nation to fail, these systems take every precaution to defensively prevent cyberattacks from happening. It begins by thinking like the adversary to understand what aspect of the system is...
West Valley Safety Day: ‘We Help Each Other Stay Safe and Healthy’
By DOE Newswire | Aug 20, 2023
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - The EM program at the West Valley Demonstration Project conducted its annual Safety Day to reinforce and highlight the importance of safety through demonstrations, hands-on activities and guest lectures. The event organizers held demonstrations on electrical safety, heat-stress monitoring...
Paducah Site Provides 130,000 Pounds of Food to Local Agencies
By DOE Newswire | Aug 20, 2023
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - Through their DOE Feds Feed Families program, EM Paducah Site workers raised funds to purchase about 130,000 pounds of food for local nonprofits whose mission is to provide local families with reliable access to affordable, nutritious food.
Thinking Like the Adversary Helps Secure Our Critical Infrastructure
By DOE Newswire | Aug 20, 2023
News Release: When critical functions like energy transmission and delivery are too important for the safety and security of our nation to fail, these systems take every precaution to defensively prevent cyberattacks from happening. It begins by thinking like the adversary to understand what aspect of the system is...
Portsmouth Site Scores Four Million Safe Work Hours
By DOE Newswire | Aug 20, 2023
News Release: PIKE COUNTY, Ohio - Employees with Fluor-BWXT-Portsmouth (FBP), EM’s decontamination and decommissioning contractor for the Portsmouth Site, were recently treated to a luncheon, celebrating the completion of 4 million safe work hours.
Keeping Up with Change, One Digital Record at a Time
By DOE Newswire | Aug 20, 2023
News Release: For months, the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Legacy Management Records, Information, and Knowledge Management group has been wading through several pallets of boxes at the Morgantown Records Storage facility in Morgantown, West Virginia.
DOE Awards $11.7 Million to the Southeast New Mexico College
By DOE Newswire | Aug 20, 2023
News Release: Cincinnati - Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a non-competitive financial assistance Cooperative Agreement (DE-EM0005275) to the Southeast New Mexico College (SENMC), of Carlsbad, New Mexico for educational programs that will enhance the knowledge, skills, and abilities of current Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) employees while building and training the next generation workforce for this important national cleanup resource.
Workers Train to Cut Into Hanford Underground Waste Tank
By DOE Newswire | Aug 20, 2023
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Workers on the Hanford Site are preparing to cut into the dome of an underground waste-storage tank later this summer to get ready for future waste retrieval operations.
DOE Honors Moab Project for Five Years of Excellence in ‘Green Purchases’
By DOE Newswire | Aug 20, 2023
News Release: MOAB, Utah - DOE has awarded EM's Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project the coveted Superior GreenBuy Award, honoring the site’s efforts to reduce its footprint through environmentally friendly acquisitions over the past five years.
DOE Awards Research Funds to Early Career Scientist at Office of Environmental Management's National Lab
By DOE Newswire | Aug 20, 2023
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Holly Flynn, a researcher at the Office of Environmental Management's (EM’s) Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), will receive $2.5 million over five years to fund research associated with fusion energy after being selected as a DOE Office of Science Early Career Research Program awardee.
Memorandum of Understanding Supports Navajo Nation’s Energy Transition
By DOE Newswire | Aug 20, 2023
News Release: Multi-Year, Multi-Agency Deal Seeks to Ease Tribal Access to Historic Federal Funding.
Hanford Demolition Paves Way for Cleanup Progress Near Columbia River
By DOE Newswire | Aug 20, 2023
News Release: Workers with EM contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company recently began demolishing the K West Annex on the Hanford Site. The annex was constructed to support the safe packaging and transfer of radioactive sludge from the K West spent-fuel basin and away from the Columbia River.
Virtual Display Offers Interactive FUSRAP History
By DOE Newswire | Aug 20, 2023
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management has launched an online, interactive Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program display to engage the public with FUSRAP history.
Local Students Complete Los Alamos Apprenticeship Program
By DOE Newswire | Aug 20, 2023
News Release: LOS ALAMOS, N.M. - Representatives of Northern New Mexico College (NNMC) and Environmental Management (EM) Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) contractor Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos (N3B) were on hand last week to congratulate Dominic Montaño and Milnor Branch, the most recent graduates of the N3B Nuclear Operator Apprenticeship Program (NOAP).