IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Reimagining irrigation for the 21st century The U.S. has nearly as many miles of irrigation canals as it does highways. The canals, which provide water for millions of acres of crops and pastures, are managed by hundreds of canal companies and irrigation districts ranging in size from utility scale to mom and pop. With demand for water growing, especially in the ar  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release: * * * PPPO's Cylinder Management Helps Shape Nuclear Renaissance LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Decades of uranium enrichment operations at two former gaseous diffusion plants yielded thousands of cylinders of depleted uranium hexafluoride, or DUF6, that accumulated in storage yards. Now, with a nuclear renaissance underway, opportunities to reuse that material are on the horizon. "We've  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: * * * Glaring impact, TAOS trajectory, quantum boom * ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -Question: What do a solar glare analysis tool, the trajectory and optimization software known as TAOS, and the quantum boom in New Mexico all have in common? Answer: They were all developed at Sandia National Laboratories and are all winners of the 2026 Federal Laboratory Consortium awards  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Resident Inspector in Hanford issued the following activity report for the week ending March 20, 2026: * * * TO: Technical Director FROM: Hanford Site Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Hanford Activity Report for the Week Ending March 20, 2026 Central Waste Complex (CWC): HFO has approved installation of lightning protection systems (LPS) and vehicle barriers for waste storage buildings at the CWC. Installed LPSs are the preferr  more