Press Releases

The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration announced the establishment of a $25 million cooperative agreement with a University of Florida-led consortium of 16 universities for research in nuclear forensics.

Representatives from the governments of Japan and the United States convened virtually for the 14th meeting of the U.S.-Japan Emergency Management Working Group.

SRS recently made the first shipment of downblended surplus plutonium from the site’s K Area, a momentous milestone culminating from multiple years of effort to remove plutonium from the state of South Carolina.

NNSA will conduct low-altitude helicopter flights over Glendale, Arizona, and surrounding areas Sunday, Jan. 15, through Wednesday, Jan. 18, in preparation for Super Bowl LVII.

NNSA and DOE's Office of Environmental Management completed the first shipment of downblended surplus plutonium transuranic (TRU) material from K-Area at the Savannah River Site to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico in December.

The Department of Energy published a Final Rule in the Federal Register strengthening the Department’s ability to enforce regulations governing exports of unclassified civil nuclear technology. 

The Office of Environmental Management awarded the Security Services contract at the Savannah River Site to the Centerra Group, LLC.

The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration’s Minority Serving Institution Partnership Program issued a Funding Opportunity Announcement titled “Community and Junior College Trade Occupation Program” on December 16th, 2022.

NNSA will conduct low-altitude helicopter flights over the Las Vegas Strip Thursday, Dec. 29 and Saturday, Dec. 31 in preparation for the city’s New Year’s Eve celebrations.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its cleanup contractor UCOR recently completed a project that clears land for an important new facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex.