Department of Energy

Why did the Biden Administration choose this part of the country?

The Washington state Department of Ecology announced this week that it will regain direct access to critical federal data about the Hanford Site.

Applications will be accepted from September 5th through October 31st for several vacant seats on the board.

The DOE has launched the first Request for Information (RFI) in hopes of bolstering utility scale carbon pollution free electricity projects.

What would you do in an actual emergency?

(Richland, WA) -- Both the Washington State Department of Ecology and the U.S. Department of Energy say they have a plan responding to two underground tanks that are leaking radioactive waste. The DOE admitted that Tank B-109 is leaking the waste into the soil surrounding the tank...

The Department of Energy is awarding nearly $77 million in incentive pay to four contractors for their work at the Hanford nuclear reservation in fiscal 2020.

Gov. Inslee released a statement after Monday's meeting with U.S. Energy Secretary Ernie Moniz about issues with the Hanford cleanup and VIT plant.

A letter has been sent to the Department Of Energy from the Hanford Advisory Board, telling the Feds the amount of money set aside to 'finish' cleanup at the Hanford Nuclear Site might not be enough.

Of all the officials in the Obama Administration, Energy Secretary Steven Chu has managed to avoid scandal, and the political spotlight altogether (compare how many people know who he is as opposed to Janet Nepolitano).  But now, his leadership and even ethics are being called into question.