Departemen Energi Amerika Serikat

Departemen Energi Amerika Serikat (bahasa Inggris: United States Department of Energy, disingkat DOE) adalah departemen eksekutif federal pemerintah A.S. yang bertugas menangani kebijakan energi dan keselamatan penanganan bahan nuklir. Cakupan tugasnya meliputi program senjata nuklir nasional, pembuatan reaktor nuklir untuk Angkatan Laut Amerika Serikat, konservasi energi, penelitian energi, pembuangan limbah radioaktif, dan produksi energi dalam negeri. Departemen ini juga mengurus penelitian genomika, termasuk Human Genome Project.^[2] DOE mensponsori lebih banyak penelitian fisika daripada lembaga federal manapun di Amerika Serikat.^[3] Kebanyakan penelitian tersebut dilakukan melalui sistem United States Department of Energy National Laboratories.

Departemen Energi
Amerika Serikat

Lambang Departemen Energi
Logo Departemen Energi Amerika Serikat
James V. Forrestal Building di Washington, D.C.
Informasi Departemen
Dibentuk	4 Agustus 1977; 47 tahun lalu (1977-08-04)
Nomenklatur sebelumnya	Federal Energy Administration (FEA) Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA)
Kantor pusat	1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington D.C 38°53′13.17″N 77°1′33.69″W
Pegawai	16.000 pegawai federal (2009)[1] 93.094 pegawai kontrak (2008)
Anggaran tahunan	$30,6 miliar (2012)
Departemen eksekutif	Steven Chu, Menteri Daniel Poneman, Wakil Menteri
Situs web	energy.gov

Departemen ini dipimpin oleh Menteri Energi Amerika Serikat yang ditunjuk oleh Presiden Amerika Serikat. Markasnya berada di James V. Forrestal Building, Independence Avenue, barat daya Washington, D.C., dan Germantown, Maryland.

Organisasi

Papan di depan Forrestal Building di Washington D.C.

• Menteri Energi
  • Wakil Menteri
    • Under Secretary of Energy
      • Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (ditutup 1 Oktober 2010)^[4]
      • Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
      • Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
      • Office of Fossil Energy
      • Office of Legacy Management
      • Office of Nuclear Energy
    • Under Secretary for Science
      • Office of Science
    • Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security
      • Office of Environmental Management
      • National Nuclear Security Administration
        • Office of Secure Transportation
    • Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence
    • Energy Information Administration
    • Bonneville Power Administration
    • Southeastern Power Administration
    • Southwestern Power Administration
    • Western Area Power Administration
  • Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Fasilitas

Sebagai departemen penelitian dan pengembangan federal terbesar di Amerika Serikat, Departemen Energi mengoperasikan sejumlah laboratorium dan fasilitas teknis nasional:

Laboratorium

• Ames Laboratory
• Argonne National Laboratory
• Brookhaven National Laboratory
• Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
• Idaho National Laboratory
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Los Alamos National Laboratory
• National Energy Technology Laboratory
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
• Sandia National Laboratories
• Savannah River National Laboratory
• SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
• Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Fasilitas

• Albany Research Center
• Bannister Federal Complex
• Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory
• Kansas City Plant
• Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory
• National Petroleum Technology Office
• Nevada Test Site
• New Brunswick Laboratory
• Office of Fossil Energy
• Office of River Protection
• Pantex
• Radiological and Environmental Sciences Laboratory
• Y-12 National Security Complex
• Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository

Lihat pula

• Advanced Energy Initiative
• ARPA-E
• Energy Policy Act of 2005
• Federal Energy Management Program
• Fernald Feed Materials Production Center
• Funding Opportunity Announcement
• GovEnergy
• Institute of Nuclear Materials Management
• National Council on Electricity Policy
• North American Solar Challenge
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Recovery Act
• Solar Decathlon
• State Energy Program
• Twenty In Ten
• The World Institute for Nuclear Security
• Weatherization Assistance Program