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Success StoryJanuary 20, 2023NuScale power module becomes the first SMR design certified by the NRC.Office of Nuclear Energy
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January 19, 2023Featuring Annie Kritcher, the physicist who designed the successful experiment that recreated the energy source of the sun.Grid Talk
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January 19, 2023Additional award winners possible for communities interested in learning about federal interim storageOffice of Nuclear Energy
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January 17, 2023Dr. Michael Goff named Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy.Office of Nuclear Energy
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January 17, 2023A recent double-digit increase of transuranic waste shipments for permanent disposal at EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) led to a successful seven-week stretch that has officials at the facility feeling confident.Office of Environmental Management
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January 17, 2023Multiple winter storms gripping the Rocky Mountains created a perfect storm of sorts at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site recently as several trucks and tractor-trailers used for waste shipments were idled for days until conditions were safe.Office of Environmental Management
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January 17, 2023EM has selected Reinhard Knerr, manager of the Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO), to serve as deputy manager of the Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) in Lexington, Kentucky, effective Jan. 29.Office of Environmental Management
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January 17, 2023EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractors Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) and Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) worked together recently at the Hanford Site to dig up five spent fuel containers from former plutonium production.Office of Environmental Management
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January 17, 2023Crews recently performed a second run using water to test for receiving sodium hydroxide at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) Effluent Management Facility (EMF) on the Hanford Site.Office of Environmental Management
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BulletinJanuary 12, 2023Scientists used tokamak plasmas to study how heat shield materials protect spacecraft in the extreme conditions of atmospheric entry.Fusion Energy Sciences