The indiscriminate (and hastily reversed) layoffs at DoE is more evidence that the DOGE people don't actually know what various federal agencies that they're vandalizing actually *do*.
They likely thought "Department of Energy? Sounds like it funds solar power and other woke stuff. Slash it!" when actually they're the agency that makes and safeguards nuclear weapons.
More like the "Department of Lots of Energy Released Very Quickly".