Department of Energy

Lawmakers name all-GOP nuclear fuel storage study team

Seven legislators will find a wealth of information in applications by private companies in Texas and New Mexico to temporarily store tons of radioactive fuel rods.

July 23, 2019 by Angus M. Thuermer Jr. 11 Comments

Seven legislators will find a wealth of information in applications by private companies in Texas and New Mexico to temporarily store tons of radioactive fuel rods.

Two Elk: The story behind the story

July 10, 2018 by Rone Tempest 10 Comments

One reporter brought the Two Elk scandal to light and tracked the twisting tale of greed, fraud and government ineptitude for more than a decade.

Two Elk: Crime, punishment and nagging mystery

June 13, 2017 by Rone Tempest 3 Comments

A Judge in Pittsburgh is set to sentence Michael Ruffatto on Tuesday for a massive criminal fraud associated with his failed Two Elk power plant.

Two Elk developer charged with federal criminal fraud

October 4, 2016 by Rone Tempest 5 Comments

Federal prosecutors have charged Michael J. Ruffatto, developer of the once-proposed Two Elk coal-fired power plant near Gillette, with criminal fraud for bills he submitted under a 2009-2010 federal stimulus grant to research carbon storage on his site in rural

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Complaint filed against DOE asks for records in Two Elk case

August 27, 2014 by Dustin Bleizeffer 1 Comment

More than two years after the initial suspension of the stimulus grants, there has been no enforcement action in the case.