IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release: To understand Idaho National Laboratory's long-term involvement in small modular reactor (SMR) research, including NuScale Power and the Carbon Free Power Project, one needs to go back to the late 1990s. For most of that decade, the U.S. government had not offered much support for nuclear energy research and development. In Idaho, in 1994 the Integral Fast Reactor (IFR) p  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Michael B. Enzi, R-Wyoming, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on Dec. 6, remembering President George H.W. Bush: Mr. President, this past weekend the news that George H.W. Bush, our 41st President had died, quickly made its way across the country and around the world. Today, I would like to honor the late President George Herbert Walker Bush. I appreciate having this opportunity to celebrate the life and accomplishments o  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 10 -- The Wisconsin Senate Democrats issued the following news release: State Senator Chris Larson, D-Milwaukee, released the following opinion editorial on the transition of power and the unprecedented measures taken by Republicans to limit the power of the offices of Governor. "We just had an election wherein the outcome was clear, the people of Wisconsin sought change and elected a new Governor. Now should be a time of peaceful transition, but instead we have just w  more