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FILE - In this May 9, 2017, file photo, signs are posted by the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Richland, Wash. By conducting some of the most high-tech research in the world, maintaining the U.S. stockpile of nuclear weapons and cleaning up after decades of bomb-making, the Department of Energy has its share of management challenges. A report released this week outlines some of those challenges while providing a look at the expansive scope of the department's responsibilities and costly liabilities. (AP Photo/Manuel Valdes, File)

Report: US agency holding nuke bombs grapples with oversight

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press

Project launches to preserve history of old nuclear plant

By BRITTANY CROCKER - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Department of Energy show a continuous miner performing mining activities in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M. The U.S. Energy Department announced Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, that the work to carve out more disposal space from the ancient salt formation where the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant is located will begin later this fall. The work should be done in 2020. (David X. Tejada/U.S. Department of Energy via AP)

US nuke waste repository in New Mexico will get more space

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 18, 2017, file photo, Energy Secretary Rick Perry attends a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington. The Energy Department says Perry has taken at least six trips on government or private planes costing an estimated $56,000. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Trump energy chief defends costly plane travel

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

FILE - IN this Dec. 2, 2009, file photo, the Total Port Arthur refinery is shown in Port Arthur, Texas. Federal lawsuits against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency were filed claiming the agency has failed to correct Texas air pollution control permits with loopholes that make state enforcement rare. The suits filed Thursday, July 20, 2017, by the nonprofit Washington, D.C.-based Environmental Integrity Project, target permits for the largest integrated petrochemical factory in the U.S., three refineries near the Houston Ship Channel including the largest petroleum refinery in the U.S. and a coal-fired power plant east of Dallas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Natural gas, not Obama regulations, mostly to blame for coal plant closures: Energy Department study

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 7, 2017 file photo, a coal barge is positioned as a backdrop behind President Donald Trump as he speaks during a rally at the Rivertowne Marina in Cincinnati. President Donald Trump personally promised to activate emergency legal authorities to keep dirty or economically uncompetitive coal plants from shutting down, a top American coal company said. The Trump administration now says it has no plans to do so. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

A coal country dispute over an alleged Trump promise unmet

By JEFF HORWITZ and MICHAEL BIESECKER and MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

Illustration on unreliable alternate power by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Energy subsidies for solar, wind put oil, gas at disadvantage

By Benjamin Zycher

Senate OKs Trump’s pick for No. 2 job at Energy Department

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

FILE - This May 9, 2017, file photo, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy, shows a 20-foot by 20-foot hole in the roof of a storage tunnel at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash. The U.S. Department of Energy says there is a high risk that a second tunnel filled with radioactive waste might collapse on the Hanford site. This section of tunnel partially collapsed at the site, forcing some 3,000 workers to seek shelter for a few hours. (U.S. Department of Energy via AP, File)

High risk for 2nd tunnel collapse at nuclear waste site

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 11, 2015 file photo, nuclear waste is stored in underground containers at the Idaho National Laboratory near Idaho Falls, Idaho. Federal officials say testing of a small-scale version of a key component of this eastern Idaho radioactive waste treatment facility that has so far failed to operate is making progress at finding a solution. The U.S. Department of Energy said Wednesday, June 28, 2017, that results from testing at Hazen Research near Denver, Colo., will be used during planned tests at the Idaho facility later this year. (AP Photo/Keith Ridler, File)

Tests making progress for Idaho nuclear waste treatment

By KEITH RIDLER - Associated Press

Lawmakers seek to expand role of Oregon Energy Department

By TED SICKINGER - Associated Press

FILE--In this May 9, 2017, file photo, an emergency sign flashes outside the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash. Radiation warning alarms sounded about 7 a.m., Thursday, June 8, 2017, outside the Plutonium Finishing Plant, prompting about 350 workers at the Reservation to seek cover indoors. (AP Photo/Manuel Valdes, file)

The Latest: Contractor: Radiation too low to hurt health

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Energy Secretary to tour Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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FILE - In this July 9, 2014 file photo, a sign informs visitors of prohibited items on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash. An emergency has been declared Tuesday, May 9, 2017, at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation after a portion of a tunnel that contained rail cars full of nuclear waste collapsed. Randy Bradbury, a spokesman for the Washington state Department of Ecology, said officials detected no release of radiation and no workers were injured. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

The Latest: Lawmaker: Collapse highlights safety concerns

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The need for federal energy innovation

By Jay Faison and Rich Powell

Aerial view of north end of the Yucca Mountain crest in February 1993. Image courtesy of Department of Energy.

Yucca Mountain: Finish licensing process on nuclear waste storage

By Rep. Joe Wilson

Trump’s victory creates uncertainty for wind and solar power

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ and GEOFF MULVIHILL - Associated Press

FILE – In this Nov. 10, 2016, file photo, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, following a ceremony where President Barack Obama honored the 2016 NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team, answers questions from reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington. Republican governors who turned down billions in federal dollars from an expansion of Medicaid under President Barack Obama’s health care law now have their hands out in hopes the GOP Congress comes up with a new formula to provide insurance for low-income Americans. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

The Latest: Vet Affairs chief of staff to be interim head

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Energy Secretary-designate, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Rick Perry disavows Trump team questionnaire on climate change

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Watch the picnic basket: Bear sightings surge in Connecticut

By DAVE COLLINS - Associated Press