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An innovative team of truck drivers, engineers, mechanics and others has revamped trucks to make them more functional while transporting samples to support the tank waste mission at the Hanford Site.

EM’s Office of River Protection awarded Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) contractor Bechtel National, Inc. (BNI) approximately $5.8 million, about 74% of the available fee for work performed during the 2021 calendar year.

The JW Marriott in Washington, DC, is one of four companies worldwide to receive the 2021 Award of Excellence in Energy Management, a top distinction in the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) forum’s Energy Management Leadership Awards.

A multi-decade project to treat contaminated groundwater and stop its migration beneath a portion of the Savannah River Site (SRS) has successfully concluded with the removal of an estimated 18,000 pounds of chemicals.

The EM Office of River Protection (ORP) and tank operations contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) recently began operating a new exhauster ventilation system installed in the SY Tank Farm at the Hanford Site.

EM crews replaced a large culvert along a road at the West Valley Demonstration Project where heavy equipment will transport waste containers during the teardown of the Main Plant Process Building.

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) Chief of Staff Mike Nartker revealed an updated map of the EM complex during the 2022 Waste Management Symposia today that shows one less cleanup site: Brookhaven National Laboratory.