WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In support of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, today the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a request for proposals (RFP) for uranium enrichment services to help establish a reliable domestic supply of fuels using high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU)--a crucial material needed to deploy advanced nuclear reactors, which will help reach President Biden's goal of net-zero emissio  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration issued the following news release on Jan. 9, 2024: The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects solar electric generation will account for 7% of total U.S. electricity generation in 2025, up from 4% in 2023, according to its January Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). Developers have reported that almost 80 gigawatts of solar power will come online over the next two years, increasing U.S. solar ge  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Hanford issued the following weekly report: * * * TO: Katherine R. Herrera, Acting Technical Director FROM: B. Caleca, P. Fox, N. Huntington, and P. Meyer, Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Hanford Activity Report for the Week Ending December 15, 2023 Tank Side Cesium Removal (TSCR): Tank farms operating contractor (TOC) personnel discovered two instances of waste leaking in small quantities from the TSCR   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following weekly report: TO: Katherine R. Herrera, Acting Technical Director FROM: Clinton Jones, Resident Inspector SUBJECT: Oak Ridge Activity Report for Week Ending December 15, 2023 Staff Activities: B. Sharpless and S. Thangavelu traveled to Y-12 this week to conduct familiarization walkdowns of several nuclear facilities associated with the electrorefining  more