Department of Energy

Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Energy announced a study on replacing the Lower Snake River Dams.  DOE said the Pacific Northwest Regional Energy Planning Project will be an 18-month study, exploring how utilities in Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Montana can deal with future power needs in the event that the Snake River dams are removed.  The stu...

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...