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September 7, 2023A new U.S. Department of Energy report finds promise in pairing nuclear reactors with direct air capture system.Office of Nuclear Energy
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Press ReleasesSeptember 7, 2023U.S. Department of Energy study shows advanced reactors could lower the levelized cost of certain direct air capture systems by up to 13 percent.Office of Nuclear Energy
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September 5, 2023EM achieves another milestone in its offsite shipping and disposal of depleted uranium oxide from the Portsmouth site.Office of Environmental Management
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September 5, 2023Workers with the EM Richland Operations Office contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company recently finished extensive modifications at the Hanford Site's Waste Encapsulation and Storage Facility.Office of Environmental Management
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September 5, 2023EM’s Portsmouth Site recently achieved a cleanup milestone with the last load of X-326 Process Building debris placed in the On-Site Waste Disposal Facility (OSWDF).Office of Environmental Management
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BulletinSeptember 1, 2023For the first time, scientists observe a new and rare decay mode where oxygen-13 breaks into three helium nuclei and a proton following beta decay.Nuclear Physics
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August 31, 2023EBR-II spent nuclear fuel is being recycled to help industry gain access to HALEU for new reactor technologies.Office of Nuclear Energy
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Press ReleasesAugust 29, 2023The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) issued a Draft Request for Proposal for the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) Phase 1B cleanup to be performed at the WVDP Site in western New York.Office of Environmental Management
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August 29, 2023Senior Advisor William “Ike” White and others with an EM delegation traveled to Japan to attend the 7th International Forum on the Decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (NPS) this week to engage with experts from Japan and other cOffice of Environmental Management
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August 29, 2023– EM Office of River Protection (ORP) contractor Bechtel National Inc. (BNI) recently took a major step forward when the Hanford Site Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) received a federal authorization.Office of Environmental Management