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July 28, 2016RICHLAND, Wash. – July marked 20 successful years of environmental cleanup at one of EM’s largest disposal facilities — the Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility (ERDF) on the Hanford Site.Office of Management
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July 28, 2016RICHLAND, Wash. – The EM Office of River Protection (ORP) completed construction of a new facility designed to validate the technology and systems of the Low-Activity Waste Pretreatment System (LAWPS) on July 17.Office of Management
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July 28, 2016RICHLAND, Wash. – Workers recently completed installing two of the last major pieces of equipment for the EM Office of River Protection’s Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Vitrification Facility at the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Pla...Office of Management
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July 28, 2016OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – EM’s cleanup contractor at the Oak Ridge site earned nearly $3.6 million for its performance from Oct. 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016, amounting to 93 percent of the total award fee available.Office of Management
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July 28, 2016RICHLAND, Wash. – A 65-ton vessel critical to determining the safe mixing and processing of radioactive waste at EM’s Office of River Protection Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) arrived here this month.Office of Management
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July 28, 2016IDAHO FALLS, Idaho – A streamlined process to remediate contaminated areas at DOE’s 890-square-mile Idaho Site has benefitted the Environmental Restoration (ER) Program and taxpayers in general.Office of Management
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July 28, 2016RICHLAND, Wash. – In 2010, workers with EM’s Richland Operations Office (RL) and contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC) at the Hanford Site began using a new type of resin — a material used to remove contamination from groundwat...Office of Management
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July 28, 2016AIKEN, S.C. – EM transferred equipment used to characterize transuranic (TRU) waste at the Savannah River Site to other DOE sites for use, saving approximately $5.7 million in taxpayer dollars and reducing waste.Office of Management
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Press ReleasesJuly 28, 2016Energy Department Announces $11 Million to Advance Novel Innovations in Solar Power TechnologiesOffice of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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July 27, 2016A team of scientists led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has developed a novel way to produce two-dimensional nanosheets by separating bulk materials with nontoxic liquid nitrogen. The environmentally friendly process gene...Office of Technology Commercialization