The Department of Energy is seeking new members to join its federal advisory board for the Office of Environmental Management, according to a Monday Federal Register notice. The deadline for nominations to the Environmental Management Advisory Board is May 15.
Customarily DOE draws the advisory board members for the $8-billion-plus Office of Environmental Management from the ranks of government, industry and academia.
The federal advisory panel “provides strategic management advice on where and how to focus the program’s resources to achieve maximum impact and greatest risk reduction,” for the government’s nuclear waste liability, according to the notice. Potential members will be vetted prior to appointment. Members are appointed to two-year terms and the advisory board typically meets twice per year, according to the notice.
The Department of Energy said April 6 it is providing $6.3 million worth of financial help to students pursuing nuclear energy-related degrees at 39 colleges and universities.
The funding supports 124 scholarships and fellowships through DOE’s University Nuclear Leadership Program, the agency said in a news release. DOE called the move important to the next generation of nuclear workers as the administration of President Joe Biden pursues a “net-zero economy by 2050,” according to the release. The term refers to an International Energy Association scenario in which the global energy sector reaches net zero carbon-dioxide emissions by mid-century.
Since 2009, more than 1,100 scholarships and fellowships totaling more than $67 million have been issued through DOE’s University Nuclear Leadership Program, according to the release.
Oliver Stone, the acclaimed director whose movies include “JFK,” “Platoon” and “Wall Street,” has made a new film touting nuclear power as a source of carbon-free electricity, and the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory is encouraging local residents to see it.
The film, “Nuclear Now,” which premiered at the 2022 Venice Film Festival, will be screened at a couple of different Eastern Idaho locations early next month, Idaho National Laboratory said in a Friday press release.
“Nuclear Now,” is based on Joshua Goldstein’s book, “A Bright Future,” which makes the case for nuclear power as a safe, low-emissions energy solution, according to the release. In addition to visiting nuclear facilities in France and Russia while making the film, Stone visited Idaho National Laboratory in March 2021.
