US Department of Energy
22 facilities · 13 states · 5.5M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, US Department of Energy is the reported parent of 22 Form R facilities across 13 states, disclosing 5.5M lbs of toxic releases. 11 of 87 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Tennessee (1.6M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for US Department of Energy, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for US Department of Energy: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-40.6%
17 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-40.6%
1.3 million lb → 768.0 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 0 facilities filed for the first time and 4 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- US Department of Energy's total reported releases fell from 1.3 million lb in 2022 to 768.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- US Department of Energy's off-site transfers fell from 676.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 320.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- US Department of Energy's water releases fell from 193.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 111.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- US Department of Energy's air releases fell from 149.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 114.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read US Department of Energy from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Nnsa Y-12 National Security Complex; US Doe Hanford Site; US Doe Idaho National Laboratory Site; U.S. Doe Savannah River Ops. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Nyrstar US Inc; The Chemours Co; Tyson Foods Inc; Hitachi Metals America Ltd. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Naphthalene; Lead And Lead Compounds; Nitric acid. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Tennessee; Washington; Idaho. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Other; Fabricated Metals; Transportation Equipment; Hazardous Waste. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) · August 2026
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Nnsa Y-12 National Security Complex; US Doe Hanford Site; US Doe Idaho National Laboratory Site; U.S. Doe Savannah River Ops. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Nyrstar US Inc; The Chemours Co; Tyson Foods Inc; Hitachi Metals America Ltd. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Naphthalene; Lead And Lead Compounds; Nitric acid. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Tennessee; Washington; Idaho. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Other; Fabricated Metals; Transportation Equipment; Hazardous Waste.
US Department of Energy ranks #247 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. US Department of Energy spans 13 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. US Department of Energy's disclosed pounds are spread across 22 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for US Department of Energy follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Nyrstar US Inc; The Chemours Co; Tyson Foods Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where US Department of Energy sits among TRI parents
US Department of Energy sits on a disclosure ladder beside Nyrstar US Inc and The Chemours Co and Tyson Foods Inc and Hitachi Metals America Ltd. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Nyrstar US Inc · rank #245 · 114.9M lbs
- The Chemours Co · rank #246 · 40.5M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Tyson Foods Inc · rank #248 · 3.7M lbs
- Hitachi Metals America Ltd · rank #249 · 3.5M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by US Department of Energy
Lead; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Naphthalene; Lead And Lead Compounds; Nitric acid lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Nnsa Y-12 National Security Complex. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Lead | 1.2M lbs |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 883.4K lbs |
| Naphthalene | 641.3K lbs |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 585.9K lbs |
| Nitric acid | 414.5K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 2 | 1.6M lbs |
| Washington | 1 | 1.2M lbs |
| Idaho | 1 | 1.0M lbs |
| South Carolina | 1 | 770.2K lbs |
| New Mexico | 3 | 362.3K lbs |
| New York | 1 | 183.6K lbs |
| Illinois | 2 | 152.4K lbs |
| Ohio | 1 | 152.2K lbs |
| Kentucky | 1 | 36.2K lbs |
| California | 4 | 11.6K lbs |
| Texas | 2 | 7.4K lbs |
| Louisiana | 2 | 4.0K lbs |
| Missouri | 1 | 281 lbs |
Facilities (22)
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest US Department of Energy on total disclosed release pounds (5.5M lbs) and reporting facility count (22). Release-volume peers include Green Bay Packaging Inc, Energizer Holdings Inc, American Cast Iron Pipe Co. Facility-count peers include Avient Corp, Carlisle Cos Inc, Chs Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
Similar facility count
Nearest parents by reporting-site count (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Tennessee, Washington, Idaho; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with US Department of Energy's TRI parent record
From US Department of Energy, open Nnsa Y-12 National Security Complex or compare against Nyrstar US Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for US Department of Energy (Nnsa Y-12 National Security Complex in TN). Largest facility
- Compare against The Chemours Co, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where US Department of Energy sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Nyrstar US Inc, The Chemours Co) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
US Department of Energy's record groups disclosed TRI parent-company filings so readers can compare reporting context without treating the total as a measure of risk.
Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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