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July 6, 2021EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) recently marked a milestone after receiving its 100th waste shipment from Oak Ridge, Tennessee since shipments resumed in August 2017, following a fire and radiological events in the WIPP underground in 2014.Office of Environmental Management
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July 6, 2021EM crews were recently at work upgrading the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE) facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory when they encountered an unexpected challenge: they couldn’t obtain critical vendor services and parts needed for the project.Office of Environmental Management
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July 6, 2021Washington River Protection Solutions, the EM Office of River Protection tank operations contractor at the Hanford Site, has awarded three subcontracts worth nearly $19 million to a local company for construction projects to support tank waste projects.Office of Environmental Management
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July 1, 2021Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) awarded the Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO) Technical Assistance Contract (CTAC) to Navarro Research and Engineering, Inc., a woman-owned small business from Oak Ridge, Tennessee.Office of Environmental Management
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Press ReleaseJuly 1, 2021The Department of Energy (DOE) today awarded $2.1 million across 9 collaborative projects between DOE national laboratories and private industry aimed at overcoming challenges in fusion energy development.Office of Science
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June 29, 2021EM’s use of repurposed, Cold War-era hot cells at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site continues to pay big dividends by allowing workers to address some of the most challenging waste types at the Idaho Cleanup Project.Office of Environmental Management
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June 29, 2021EM’s Richland Operations Office and contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company have safely packaged and shipped the first engineered container of highly contaminated filter media from the K West Reactor spent fuel storage basin to T Plant.Office of Environmental Management
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June 29, 2021Two major EM contractors at the Savannah River Site received high marks from a recent independent audit of their environmental management system.Office of Environmental Management
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June 28, 2021Recommended approach to producing 50 plutonium pits per year identifiedNational Nuclear Security Administration
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June 28, 2021The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) awarded a new contract to North Wind Site Services, LLC (Morgantown, WV) an 8(a) certified small business and Alaska Native Corporation.Office of Environmental Management