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October 11, 2022Crews at the Hanford Site have begun heating up the world’s largest melter that will transform radioactive and chemical tank waste currently stored in underground tanks into a vitrified glass form safe for disposal.Office of Environmental Management
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October 11, 2022EM Senior Advisor William "Ike” White traveled to Oak Ridge last week, where he had a full agenda speaking to government and industry leaders.Office of Environmental Management
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October 11, 2022Relive or catch up on the most recent National Cleanup Workshop by visiting a new EM webpage, where you’ll find a video of EM Senior Advisor William “Ike” White’s keynote address.Office of Environmental Management
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October 11, 2022A virtual museum cataloging the history of EM’s Paducah Site is available online.Office of Environmental Management
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Press ReleasesOctober 10, 2022Three companies gain access to the research capabilities and expertise of Oak Ridge National Laboratory to help advance their advanced nuclear projects.Office of Nuclear Energy
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October 4, 2022The EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) and cleanup contractor Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos (N3B) finished fiscal year 2022 (FY22) by exceeding EM’s goals for shipping radioactive waste offsite to permanent disposal facilities.Office of Environmental Management
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October 4, 2022Decontamination and demolition (D&D) crews at EM’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site have begun demolishing Cold War-era buildings that supported the U.S. Navy’s nuclear propulsion program beginning in the 1950s.Office of Environmental Management
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October 4, 2022Consider the following heart-pounding scenario hundreds of employees responded to as part of the EM Waste Isolation Pilot Plant’s (WIPP) recent annual emergency exercise.Office of Environmental Management
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October 4, 2022Crews at EM's Portsmouth Site recently finished excavating the first of five legacy landfills whose soil will be used to support the On-Site Waste Disposal Facility (OSWDF).Office of Environmental Management
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October 3, 2022Get up to speed with these five fast facts about spent nuclear fuel.Office of Nuclear Energy