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This week's awards: ERA's Ravalli Electric Community Storage Project and East Central Community College Solar & Lighting Upgrades Project; IDP's Advanced Copper Recycling Facility, Deeply Decarbonized Cement, Glass Furnace Decarbonization Technology Stack Project

Selected undergraduate students and faculty will participate in unique workforce development programs at the national laboratories and a fusion facility.

NNSA completed the Last Production Unit (LPU) of the B61-12 Life Extension Program (LEP). The B61-12 is the latest modification to the B61 family of gravity bombs, which are deployed from U.S. Air Force and North Atlantic Treaty Organization bases.

DOE announced $45 million in funding for six projects to create regional consortia to accelerate the development of critical mineral and materials supply chains including novel nonfuel carbon-based products from secondary and unconventional feedstocks.

Report suggests investing in strategies and innovations to process the remaining 10%, supporting reuse and recycling.

In January 2025, NNSA Administrator Jill Hruby posted the following as a letter in Science, in response to the June 2024 article titled “The weapons potential of high-assay low-enriched uranium.”

Regional Energy Democracy Initiative Pilot Underscores DOE’s Commitment to Equity and Justice for Communities in the Gulf South

DOE Concludes 2024 by Celebrating Billions in Historic Clean Energy Investments, Successful Energy Cost Saving Programs, and Domestic Manufacturing that will Boost our Economic and Energy Security

*Issued on Monday in observance of the Christmas holiday* This week's award: IDP's Novel CO2 Utilization for Electric Vehicle Battery Chemical Production