From Our Blogs

More than two decades after receiving its first transuranic (TRU) waste shipment, EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is undergoing major upgrades necessary to continue its mission for decades to come.

The U.S. government has been collaborating with Japan to further our understanding about the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident progressions to apply that knowledge to enhance nuclear safety.

WPTO released their first-ever Multi-Year Program Plan, mapping out the Office’s key goals and initiatives through 2025. This report will guide future water power R&D and inform hydropower and marine energy stakeholders of expected milestones.

National laboratories and local utility demonstrate how small hydropower and energy storage technologies can provide emergency power to communities during regional grid disruptions.

The Integrated Water Power Resilience Project, a collaborative effort between two national laboratories, led to the development of tools and resources that will help researchers create more resilient water power systems.

New report evaluates and quantifies factors that affect the time, costs, risks, and uncertainties to license or relicense hydropower projects.

National laboratories contribute to International Energy Agency report on the unique role hydropower plays in service to power systems around the world.

Team conducts in-water demonstrations for a novel “Water Horse” hydrokinetic device that sits above rushing rivers, taking a first step to collect data to analyze its true costs and validate its potential as a reliable, lower-cost source of clean energy.

CESER produced a deep dive supply chain assessment report, covering cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, and risks to supply chains for digital components in energy sector systems.

EM 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.