Press Releases

NuScale Power formally announced the submission of a Design Certification Application for their innovative small modular reactor design.

The Energy Department's offices of Nuclear Energy (NE) and Environmental Management (EM) are co-funding a new traineeship program in radiochemistry at Washington State University (WSU) in Pullman.

Through the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN), the U.S. Department of Energy is providing up to $2 million for the Nuclear Energy Voucher pilot program. The goal of the program is to assist new entrants into the nuclear field as they...

Energy Department announces consent-based siting initiative's eight public meeting locations.

DOE released a draft request for assistance today for the Nuclear Energy Voucher Program to be used by small business applicants.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Supercritical Transformational Electric Power (STEP) program is awarding a total of $3.9 million to three competitively-selected teams to develop conceptual plans to support the design, cost and schedule for a 10 MWe (...

Report examines identifies hundreds of clean energy research opportunities that could support the effort to modernize the power sector.

DOE issues Finding of No Significant Impact for the Environmental Assessment on Resumption of Transient Testing of Nuclear Fuels and Materials at Idaho National Laboratory

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released a new seismic study today that will help U.S. nuclear facilities in the central and eastern United States reassess seismic hazards.

Energy Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman spoke at the Tokyo American Center today about nuclear power after Fukushima.