Learn more about Isotopes
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April 21, 2022Co-processing biomass-derived oil with crude oil in existing refineries is an effective way to stimulate the market for sustainable transportation fuels. With this approach, the fuel produced by co-producing bio-oil and petroleum can still be “dropped in”Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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April 11, 2022Projects span the use of novel diagnostic and therapeutic radioisotopes for cancer and infectious diseases.Office of Science
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BulletinApril 5, 2022University researchers produce a novel method of shipping the promising medical isotope Astatine-211Isotope R&D and Production (DOE IP)
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March 29, 2022Employees from Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) contractor Isotek recently supported a local middle school’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Night, which attracted hundreds of students and their family members.Office of Environmental Management
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March 18, 2022The search for “broken symmetry” may offer new insight into nuclear structure.Nuclear Physics
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March 1, 2022EM crews at the DOE Idaho National Laboratory Site recently retrieved the last of the Advanced Test Reactor’s spent nuclear fuel elements from a water-filled storage basin and transferred them to a nearby dry-storage facility.Office of Environmental Management
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Success StoryFebruary 3, 2022First batch of TRIGA fuel is expected to be delivered to the U.S. by 2023.Office of Nuclear Energy
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January 18, 2022EM’s WIPP laboratories were recently notified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology that their latest round of sample testing data meets stringent criteria established to operate under the DOE Laboratory Accreditation Program (DOELAP).Office of Environmental Management
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Press ReleasesJanuary 6, 2022The National Nuclear Security Administration and DOE's Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM) have signed the first contracts as part of the Department’s Uranium Lease and Take-back Program with SHINE Technologies LLC.National Nuclear Security Administration
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Press ReleasesDecember 20, 2021U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra jointly certified that there is now enough worldwide supply of the medical isotope molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) .Energy.gov