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February 27, 2024DOE today issued a request for information (RFI) to identify industry partners interested in developing commercial clean energy projects on DOE land in southeast New Mexico. DOE is considering leasing land located at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) site.Office of Environmental Management
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February 27, 2024EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) crews collected more than 8,670 soil, sediment, surface water and groundwater samples in 2023.Office of Environmental Management
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February 27, 2024In an integral step toward preparing for tank waste treatment on the Hanford Site, the newly renovated load-in station at the Effluent Treatment Facility (ETF) recently reopened for business.Office of Environmental Management
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February 27, 2024An EM team safely demolished a structure at West Valley Demonstration Project used during former spent nuclear fuel reprocessing operations as well as cleanup, including solidification of liquid high-level waste and deactivation of one of the last major facilities remaining at the site.Office of Environmental Management
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February 27, 2024Workers at the Hanford Site‘s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) recently poured test glass into four stainless steel containers inside the plant’s Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Facility. The pours help crews build proficiency for future tank waste treatment operations.Office of Environmental Management
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Press ReleasesFebruary 27, 2024DOE issued a Final Request for Proposal for the Portsmouth Paducah Project Office Technical Support Services procurement.Office of Environmental Management
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February 27, 2024Read about Warren "Pete" Miller's remarkable life and career in nuclear, from his childhood friendship with Emmett Till to his support for groundbreaking research on small modular reactors as assistant secretary for nuclear energy.Office of Nuclear Energy
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February 26, 2024Theoretical calculations and experimental data combine to reduce uncertainty in a key reaction rate in modelling high-energy solar neutrinos.Nuclear Physics
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February 22, 2024The Project 8 and He6-CRES collaborations use a new technique to set an upper limit on neutrino mass and prepare to test the nature of the weak force.Nuclear Physics
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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