Press Releases

The U.S. Department of Energy today announced the selection of 19 projects to enhance the capability to simulate, track, and evaluate the potential risks of carbon dioxide (CO2) storage in geologic formations.

The Department of Energy has announced that Ramgen Power Systems LLC, Bellevue, Washington, has been awarded $20 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to scale up a device that uses supersonic shockwaves to compress carbon ...

ORAU is preparing to lead characterization surveys at ORNL, along with independently verifying work at ORNL, ETTP, and Y-12. The $2.9 million contract will involve support to DOE for its efforts to accelerate the cleanup of deteriorated facilities that...

Researchers at the Office of Fossil Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory have discovered an innovative way to use bees, pollen, and helium-filled balloons to verify that no carbon dioxide (CO2) leaks from carbon sequestration sites.

Newly hired employees under the Recovery Act will be working to reduce DOE's transuranic waste inventory in Oak Ridge.

Construction of a $35 million, 465,000 cubic yard expansion of the Environmental Management Waste Management Facility (EMWMF) is now underway, using funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

EM program begins demolition on Building 3026 at ORNL. The project is slated for completion by January 2010.

Environmental cleanup activities are under way at Y-12 with the removal of excess equipment and scrap materials from Beta 4 (Building 9204-4) and Alpha 5 (Building 9201-5).

The Department of Energy today issued a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Record of Decision to move forward toward the first commercial scale, fully integrated, carbon capture and sequestration project in the country.

DOE-LM was established in 2003 to serve as the steward for the nation’s Cold War nuclear legacy.