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Press ReleaseMarch 15, 2024The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released the 2023 Billion-Ton Report (BT23), which shows that the U.S. could triple its production of biomass to more than 1 billion tons per year. The report—the fourth in a series of assessments of potential biomass resources in the United States since 2005—finds that 1 billion tons of biomass could satisfy over 100% of the projected demand for airplane fuel in the country, allowing the U.S. to reduce emissions in the aviation industry with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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March 5, 2024EM crews recently completed a virtual inspection of an underground tank that once stored liquid waste from spent fuel reprocessing operations at the West Valley Demonstration Project in the 1960s and ‘70s.Office of Environmental Management
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March 4, 2024The U.S Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are launching the next phase of Waste-to-Energy Technical Assistance. For 2024, program eligibility has been expanded to include state governments, and the program’s scope now includes additional waste resources.Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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February 20, 2024The Savannah River Site’s (SRS) liquid waste program has processed more than 15 million gallons of radioactive salt waste since 2008 through the work of three major facilities.Office of Environmental Management
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January 30, 2024During the calendar year of 2023, the team at EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant had its best shipment performance in 10 years, continuing the cleanup of sites in New Mexico and across the country.Office of Environmental Management
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January 30, 2024EM has made significant progress in reducing the transuranic (TRU) waste inventory at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site’s Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (AMWTP), fulfilling a commitment to the State of Idaho.Office of Environmental Management
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January 18, 2024Piles of cardboard and paper littering America’s landfills represent $4 billion in lost economic value, according to a new analysis by researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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Press ReleaseJanuary 12, 2024The U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced selectees for the 2023 selections for the Waste-to-Energy (WTE) Technical Assistance for Local Governments Program, which will provide assistance for 17 communities in 11 states.Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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December 5, 2023EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) has accomplished an EM 2023 priority to complete and dispose of 400 transuranic waste shipments while striving to ensure no backlog of shipments from cleanup at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) site in New Mexico.Office of Environmental Management
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Press ReleaseNovember 29, 2023Supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), a research team from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Gross-Wen Technologies, and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago examined theAlternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office