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Deputy Energy Secretary David Turk and EM Senior Advisor William “Ike” White visited the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site last week to thank federal and contractor employees for the successful start and routine operations of a radioactive liquid waste

EM and its liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) recently marked many safety and operational milestones.

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.

The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and cleanup contractor UCOR have safely completed demolition of the Low Intensity Test Reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), checking off a second EM 2023 priority at the site.

EM Senior Advisor William “Ike” White participated in the U.S. House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus presentation of DOE’s Cleanup to Clean Energy Program following last week’s 2023 National Cleanup Workshop.

The U.S. Department of Energy leveraged American-Made Challenge Prize competitions to get capital to renewable energy organizations that were previously unable to access traditional federal funding resources.

EM is testing technologies and processes needed to help immobilize Hanford Site tank waste in glass through a process called vitrification.

Workers at the Hanford Site Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) have begun removing the first three of 18 temporary startup heaters.

Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) completed a significant milestone demolition of four buildings at the Test Cell C (TCC) Facility at Area 25.