The Department of Energy nuclear cleanup office placed orders for 219 zero-emissions vehicles in fiscal 2024, which accounts for 89% of the total throughout the department, the Office of Environmental Management at the agency said last week.
DOE’s Office of Environmental Management has to date also installed a total of 120 charging ports, the department said in a June 11 press release.
In the release, Environmental Management said four nuclear properties — the Hanford Site in Washington state, the Idaho National Laboratory, the Paducah Site in Kentucky and the Savannah River Site in South Carolina — received DOE’s so-called green fleet award in fiscal year 2024. As a result, the four sites will share $1.05 million in grants from DOE to buy more electric vehicles and charging infrastructure.
“The support for charging infrastructure will go a long way toward incentivizing continued effort by our sites,” Environmental Management (EM) Senior Adviser William (Ike) White said in the release. “As the world’s largest environmental cleanup program, EM has a unique responsibility to lead by example.”
It was one of White’s last announcements before turning over the helm of the $8-billion nuclear cleanup office to Candice Robertson. White has been nominated by the White House to serve on the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.
