WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced up to $45.5 million in funding available to advance carbon dioxide (CO2) capture technologies and help establish the foundation for a successful carbon transport and storage industry in the United States. Large-scale deployment of carbon capture, transportation, and storage infrastruc  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on May 22, 2023: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced nearly $42 million in funding for 22 projects in 14 states to advance critical technologies for producing, storing, and deploying clean hydrogen. DOE also announced $17.8 million to establish a new North American university research consortium that will help states and tribal communities implement grid resilience programs and achieve decarbonization   more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Hanford issued the following weekly report: * * * TO: Christopher J. Roscetti, Technical Director FROM: B. Caleca, P. Fox, N. Huntington, and P. Meyer, Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Hanford Activity Report for the Week Ending May 5, 2023 Fuels Facilities: The contractor conducted a Join Evaluation Team (JET) meeting to identify proposed approaches for startup of the Capsule Storage Area (CSA) facility f  more

LIVERMORE, California, May 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC). This is the technology's second award in the past nine months, as it received an R&D 100 award last September as one of the top 100 industrial inventions in the world. Developed by a team of Lab scientists and engineers, Energy Inks is a three-dimensional (3D) printer feedstock that allows the pro  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Oak Ride National Laboratory issued the following weekly report: TO: Christopher J. Roscetti, Technical Director FROM: Frank Harshman and Clinton Jones, Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Oak Ridge Activity Report for Week Ending May 5, 2023 Nuclear Criticality Safety: CNS filed an occurrence report due to a nuclear criticality safety (NCS) violation that occurred during a maintenance activity in Building 921  more