April 9, 2024
‘Groundwater U’ Prepares Community to Weigh in on ETEC Cleanup
Community members gathered at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) on April 6 for a public site tour, the final event of the 2024 Groundwater University series.
March 25, 2024
DOE Awards $24.7 Million Financial Assistance Grants to Seven Minority Serving Institutions Across the Country
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded seven competitive financial assistance grant awards to Minority Serving Institutions totaling $24,761,831.
March 12, 2024
New Strategic Vision ‘Charts a Steady Beat of Progress’ Across EM Complex
On March 12, 2024, EM released its Strategic Vision 2024-2034, a blueprint to the program’s anticipated cleanup achievements over the next decade.
February 27, 2024
Robust Sampling, Monitoring Drives Legacy Waste Cleanup at LANL
EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) crews collected more than 8,670 soil, sediment, surface water and groundwater samples in 2023.
January 30, 2024
EM Releases Fresh Slate of Ambitious Priorities to Drive Cleanup Progress in 2024
EM has released its program priorities for calendar year (CY) 2024, covering key cleanup actions, project construction, acquisition and other important activities that will further EM’s environmental mission.
October 31, 2023
Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Progress in Fiscal Year 2023
The EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) successfully completed several key legacy cleanup accomplishments in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, including meeting all regulatory milestones, exceeding transuranic (TRU) waste shipment goals and wrapping up fie
October 31, 2023
Surface Barrier Shields Hanford’s Groundwater from Contamination
Crews with the EM Office of River Protection at the Hanford Site have completed construction of a 144,100-square-foot interim surface barrier over a group of underground waste-storage tanks.
October 10, 2023
Strengthened Regulatory Partnerships Have Notable Results in Oak Ridge
Strengthened partnerships and recent changes to regulatory frameworks are leading to impressive results with EM’s cleanup in Oak Ridge.
September 26, 2023
Crews Drilling Deep to Expand Groundwater Treatment at Hanford
Workers with EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) are expanding the capacity of the Hanford Site’s already robust groundwater treatment system.
September 26, 2023
EM Nevada Reaches Significant Milestone in Groundwater Testing
In 1989, EM launched an intensive groundwater investigation program to address the effects of historic nuclear testing and activities at the Nevada National Security Sites (NNSS) location some 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas.