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September 29, 2023A unique study of a key reaction in X-ray burst nucleosynthesis bolsters the theoretical models used to calculate reaction rates.Nuclear Physics
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September 28, 2023The shipment from TRIGA International is the first of its kind in the world in more than a decade and restores an important fuel supply for TRIGA reactors around the world, including a dozen located at universities across the United States.Office of Nuclear Energy
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September 26, 2023Deputy Energy Secretary David Turk and EM Senior Advisor William “Ike” White visited the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site last week to thank federal and contractor employees for the successful start and routine operations of a radioactive liquid wasteOffice of Environmental Management
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September 26, 2023EM and its cleanup contractor at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site celebrated an important milestone last week: the site’s 7,000th transuranic (TRU) waste shipment to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico.Office of Environmental Management
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September 26, 2023EM and its liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) recently marked many safety and operational milestones.Office of Environmental Management
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September 26, 2023Workers with EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) are expanding the capacity of the Hanford Site’s already robust groundwater treatment system.Office of Environmental Management
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September 26, 2023In 1989, EM launched an intensive groundwater investigation program to address the effects of historic nuclear testing and activities at the Nevada National Security Sites (NNSS) location some 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas.Office of Environmental Management
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September 26, 2023The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and cleanup contractor UCOR have safely completed demolition of the Low Intensity Test Reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), checking off a second EM 2023 priority at the site.Office of Environmental Management
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Press ReleasesSeptember 26, 2023The Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) initiative awarded two vouchers to NuScale Power and Metatomic Energy to support the development of their small modular reactor and spent nuclear fuel conversion technologies.Office of Nuclear Energy
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September 26, 2023In 2019, North Augusta High School student Kathryn McGee volunteered for an EM contractor’s outreach program that introduces female students to careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). She’s now a newly hired Savannah River Site (SRS)Office of Environmental Management