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High-Temperature neutron flux detectors for Generation IV reactors and SMRs
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) will offer an estimated $24.5 million to minority-serving institutions to help foster a sustainable and diverse science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce pipeline within the office.
Hanford exhaust stack demolished
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management recently announced that, with the help of contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company, it has completed the safe demolition of...
I spent a fair amount of time over the holiday break pondering the makings of a good year for nuclear technology in 2026.Last year was white-hot. Between the fundamental upward shift in...
Roy G. Post Foundation announces 2026 WM scholarships
The Roy G. Post Foundation has announced the awarding of 87 scholarships totaling more than $500,000 for graduate and undergraduate students demonstrating excellent academic achievements,...
CLEAN SMART bill reintroduced in Senate
Senators Ben Ray Luján (D., N.M.) and Tim Scott (R., S.C.) have reintroduced legislation aimed at leveraging the best available science and technology at U.S. national laboratories to support...
Hanford begins removing waste from 24th single-shell tank
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management said crews at the Hanford Site near Richland, Wash., have started retrieving radioactive waste from Tank A-106, a...
Oak Ridge completes demolition of Alpha-2 enrichment facility
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management announced it had completed the largest demolition project yet at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., when it...
DOE saves $1.7M transferring robotics from Portsmouth to Oak Ridge
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management said it has transferred four robotic demolition machines from the department’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio to Oak Ridge, Tenn.,...
Atomic museum benefits from L&A donation
Longenecker & Associates has announced a $500,000 pledge from John and Bonnie Longenecker to the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas, Nev. The contribution will strengthen the...
Oak Ridge worker’s insight leads to $16M in demolition project savings
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management said it was insight and a questioning attitude from a project manager that led the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management...
DOE considers recycling Paducah’s contaminated nickel
The Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Paducah Project Office is weighing options on reprocessing approximately 9,700 tons of contaminated nickel being stored at the former Paducah Gaseous...
