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August 25, 2022, 12:00PMNuclear News

The Solid Waste Management Facility at the Savannah River Site. (Photo: DOE)

The Solid Waste Management Facility (SWMF) at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site recently was subject to an enhancement program designed to improve procedure format and quality. The program has led to a greater efficiency and a streamlined procedure review process at the facility, according to the DOE’s managing and operating contractor at SRS.

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DOE’s Marla Morales talks with ANS’s Craig Piercy

August 19, 2026, 3:40PMANS News

A recent American Nuclear Society webinar featured an extended one-on-one conversation between ANS CEO Craig Piercy and Marla Morales, the acting deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel and...

X-energy, TerraPower share updates on advanced reactor projects

August 17, 2026, 7:11AMNuclear News

The two main players of the Department of Energy’s Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program, X-energy and TerraPower, have both announced significant developments in their projects to deploy...

DOE funds ORNL and Kyoto Fusioneering test facility

August 13, 2026, 1:49PMNuclear News

Yesterday, Oak Ridge National Laboratory announced that the Department of Energy has committed funding to develop a fusion breeding blanket test facility at the lab in partnership with Kyoto...

Sandia enters into SPP with Elemental

August 13, 2026, 7:10AMNuclear News

On August 11, Elemental Nuclear announced that the Department of Energy, through Sandia National Laboratories, approved its entrance into a Strategic Partnership Project. The SPP will support...

Oklo’s Isotope Test Reactor achieves criticality

August 6, 2026, 3:36PMNuclear News

Oklo’s Groves Isotope Test Reactor became the fifth Department of Energy–authorized reactor to achieve criticality under the agency’s authorization process, it was announced earlier...

A closer look at the initial NLIC selections—Part 1

August 4, 2026, 12:26PMNuclear News

In January, the Department of Energy announced a new Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus (NLIC) program, inviting states via a request for information to express their interest in hosting a...

DOE issues RFI for reuse of SRS heavy water

August 4, 2026, 9:24AMNuclear News

The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management has issued a request for information for industry input about the best ways to reuse and repurpose as much as 530,000 gallons of...

Private-sector data center plans advance for Paducah and Savannah River sites

July 31, 2026, 9:44AMNuclear News

The Department of Energy has announced two partnership agreements to construct AI data centers combined with energy infrastructure at DOE sites. This week, agency announced a partnership with...

Five states named Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus finalists

July 28, 2026, 12:46PMNuclear News

Idaho, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Utah are the finalists to potentially host Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses, the Department of Energy announced today.Energy Secretary Chris...

NASA and Radiant selected to receive HALEU

July 27, 2026, 12:19PMNuclear News

Last week, the Department of Energy announced a conditional commitment to provide high-assay low-enriched uranium to NASA for its Space Reactor-1 Freedom rocket and to Radiant Industries for...

Procedures enhanced for Savannah River waste facility

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