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EM is set to deactivate and demolish the prototype for a reactor plant used for the first nuclear-powered submarine, a major step toward advancing environmental cleanup at the DOE's Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site.

EM and its cleanup contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) have redesigned an office building to support cleanup activities as they prepare to begin the teardown of the former Main Plant Process Building, an EM 2022 priority.

EM recently installed equipment at the Savannah River Site (SRS) that ensures continued safe shipment of transuranic (TRU) waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) for disposal.

Crews at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) have completed the first test to demonstrate that liquids can safely run through and between facilities that will support vitrification.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) is set to deactivate and demolish the prototype for a reactor plant used for the first nuclear-powered submarine.

The EM Office of River Protection (ORP), tank waste contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), and Washington state officials recently celebrated the startup of the Hanford Site’s new Tank-Side Cesium Removal (TSCR) System.

A facility that will highlight the history of the K-25 Building from a new vantage point is a step closer to reality through a newly formed partnership between DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

EM and its contractors at the Savannah River Site (SRS) recently achieved their 4,000th environmental cleanup milestone under a state-issued hazardous and mixed-waste permit and an agreement enacted by state and federal regulators.