Government Departments

The Department of Energy (DOE)

The DOE’s overarching mission is to advance the national, economic, and energy security of the United States; to promote scientific and technological innovation in support of that mission; and to ensure the environmental cleanup of the national nuclear weapons complex. The Department of Energy developed this public website to provide information on age-grade and subject matter resources for “energy” to help point students along the path of learning. www.Energy.gov

U.S. Department of Energy – Office of Nuclear Energy

The Office of Nuclear Energy promotes nuclear power as a resource capable of meeting the Nation’s energy, environmental and national security needs by resolving technical and regulatory barriers through research, development and demonstration. www.nuclear.energy.gov

The Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) has extended its communication and outreach efforts into the youth sector with a new website geared toward students in grades K-12. The new site features a mythical city known as Neutropolis and is accessible through the existing NE site www.nuclear.energy.gov/students/intro.html. “Neutropolis: The Nuclear Energy Zone for Students” provides factual information about nuclear energy and its many uses in separate tracks directed at beginner, intermediate, and advanced students. It also contains games and challenges appropriate to students of different ages, ideas for science projects, information about colleges that offer studies related to nuclear science, and details about DOE internships and career opportunities.

U.S. Department of Energy – Office of Science

The Department of Energy’s Office of Science is heir to the revolutionary work of Albert Einstein, Enrico Fermi, and E.O. Lawrence. The Office of Science makes history every day because we sustain their tradition of innovative basic scientific research that improves people’s lives. As testimony to the high quality and impact of the research DOE underwrites, more than 80 Nobel Laureates have been supported by or affiliated with the Department of Energy and its predecessor agencies. The Office of Science has a vital tradition of funding fundamental research that focuses on critical national challenges – and produces important scientific breakthroughs and contributes to our Nation’s well-being. Please click here to learn more about “Our Legacy.”

Energy Information Administration

Provides energy statistics from the US Government. www.eia.doe.gov

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

The NRC is the independent government agency that the responsibility to ensure adequate protection of public health and safety, promote the common defense and security, and protect the environment in the civilian use of nuclear materials in the United States. www.nrc.gov