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March 7, 2023Federal and contractor leadership highlighted progress in EM’s liquid waste treatment mission and lessons learned in their work during back-to-back panels at the 2023 Waste Management Symposia.Office of Environmental Management
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March 7, 2023EM Intergovernmental and Stakeholder Programs Director Joceline Nahigian and others with the cleanup program connected with student and faculty researchers representing the multi-university Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation.Office of Environmental Management
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March 1, 2023The U.S Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are launching the next phase of the organic Waste-to-Energy (WTE) Technical Assistance for Local Governments programAlternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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February 14, 2023The Transuranic Waste Processing Center (TWPC) recently shipped its first load of transuranic (TRU) waste for disposal since coming under the management of Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) cleanup contractor UCOR.Office of Environmental Management
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February 7, 2023DOE and industry representatives are collaborating with Waste Management Symposia to conduct a job fair at the Phoenix Convention Center on Tuesday, Feb. 28 and Wednesday, March 1.Office of Environmental Management
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February 7, 2023Students in science teacher Melanie Bachart’s high school bioethics course at Chiawana High School, Pasco, Washington, got the full experience of producing carbon-neutral biogas from food waste that usually winds up in landfills...Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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February 6, 2023The idea of using biomass or non-recyclable materials to produce power has been around for a long time, but techniques for developing a consistent feedstock to produce a fuel that is economical compared to coal, resistant to moisture, and has no...Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office
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January 17, 2023A recent double-digit increase of transuranic waste shipments for permanent disposal at EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) led to a successful seven-week stretch that has officials at the facility feeling confident.Office of Environmental Management
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January 17, 2023Crews recently performed a second run using water to test for receiving sodium hydroxide at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) Effluent Management Facility (EMF) on the Hanford Site.Office of Environmental Management
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Press ReleaseJanuary 13, 2023SRS recently made the first shipment of downblended surplus plutonium from the site’s K Area, a momentous milestone culminating from multiple years of effort to remove plutonium from the state of South Carolina.Savannah River Site