From the Blog

NNSA and the Nuclear Security Enterprise were well represented at this year’s Nuclear Deterrence Summit held earlier Aug. 3-5 in Alexandria, Va. NNSA speakers and panelists discussed the latest agency updates.

A report released last week by the East Tennessee Economic Council shows DOE creates $7.2 billion in economic benefits and high-quality jobs annually for the state’s economy.

Two major facilities critical to the tank waste treatment mission at the Hanford Site are now connected.

EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) is continuing to reduce risk around the Plutonium-Uranium Extraction Plant – better known as PUREX – on the Hanford Site.

Crews are in the homestretch of achieving an EM 2021 priority to complete demolition of all DOE-owned buildings at the former Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC) site in Ventura County, California.

EM awarded a former analytical services contractor nearly $149,000, or about 89% of the available award fee, for its work at the Hanford Site during a performance evaluation period of September 2020 to April 2021.

The awards are designed to bolster the nation’s scientific workforce by providing support to researchers during the crucial early career years.

The team will receive $1.5 million over three years to develop enhanced ethylene synthesis capabilities in photosynthetic and cellulolytic bacteria.

Researchers have found the first step toward creating fertilizer without generating tons of carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas.

The project will investigate airborne particle properties collected in field campaigns & how these particles are involved in the hydrological cycle.