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Gaute Hagen used his 2013 Early Career Research Program award to investigate state-of-the-art computations of weak processes in nuclei.

The Department of Energy teamed up with the Electric Power Research Institute to lead a research project focused on “high burnup” spent nuclear fuel.

The Advanced Test Reactor at Idaho National Laboratory is the largest and most powerful research reactor in the world, helping to advance nuclear technologies.

Idaho Cleanup Project crews recently completed a significant achievement by successfully transferring 40 spent nuclear fuel baskets into safer, long term storage vaults. July 1, 2025.

Federal and state leaders recently signed a record of decision confirming cleanup of soil is complete at a portion of the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) at Oak Ridge, enabling the reuse of land for continuing economic development. July 1, 2025

A video featuring last year’s safe and successful demolition of a 300-foot water tower at the Paducah Site was recognized as a Gold Telly Award winner for excellence in video production out of more than 13,000 entries from across the globe. July 1, 2025

Members from the National Governors Association Federal Facilities Task Force toured Los Alamos National Laboratory sites to learn about the environmental legacy cleanup mission. July 1, 2025

A large office complex that served as a hub for Hanford cleanup efforts for more than 20 years has been torn down as part of the site's ongoing risk-reduction work. July 1, 2025

The contractor cleaning up radioactive tank waste for the Office of Environmental Management at the Savannah River Site has successfully upgraded the complex control system used to monitor and operate nuclear facilities. July 1, 2025

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright is advancing President Trump’s commitment to reinvigorating America’s coal industry by renewing the National Coal Council charter, a Federal Advisory Committee that was terminated during the Biden administration.