Science & Technology News

An aerial view of a large gravel and dirt pit
Stretching across 580 square miles in southeastern Washington, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s Hanford Site is home to natural resources like gravel rock and sand — essential materials for the site's ongoing construction and remediation efforts.
An empty facility building interior
The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management and its contractors are seeking new and innovative methods to tackle the challenges involved with addressing aging, contaminated structures that date back to the Manhattan Project and Cold War.
Upclose view of an electric vehicle charger plugged into a car
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s Portsmouth Paducah Project Office recently installed Pike County’s first publicly available electric vehicle charging stations using DOE grant funding received as part of the Green Fleet Award.
A woman holds a turtle overtop of a bin filled with hay. A little girl stands beside her and reaches for the turtle
The University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory recently hosted its annual community engagement event, where more than 1,700 area residents engaged with research conducted by the laboratory’s researchers, staff and graduate students on the Savannah River Site.