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May 26, 2021A team at the Savannah River Site (SRS) has finished safely removing sediment from a tank for a basin used to store spent nuclear fuel from former production reactors, and from foreign and domestic research reactor programs.Savannah River Site
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May 25, 2021A result 20 years in the making: Most precise measurement yet of the lifetime of the charge-neutral pion that keeps protons and neutrons together.Nuclear Physics
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May 25, 2021EM crews recently placed a final radioactive waste shipment into the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site’s largest waste disposal area and will begin closing the facility, fulfilling a DOE commitment to the state of Idaho.Office of Environmental Management
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May 25, 2021EM’s Office of River Protection and its tank operations contractor Washington River Protections Solutions are an important step closer to treating tank waste at the Hanford Site after the recent installation of two critical pumps.Office of Environmental Management
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May 25, 2021An EM project team recently completed upgrades to a waste tank at the Savannah River Site (SRS) to ready it for dissolving waste for treatment through Tank Closure Cesium Removal (TCCR).Office of Environmental Management
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May 25, 2021EM crews are preparing to deactivate the former Experimental Gas-Cooled Reactor (EGCR) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) before removing the contaminated facility and opening the DOE land for reuse.Office of Environmental Management
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May 25, 2021An EM team at the Savannah River Site (SRS) has finished safely removing sediment from a key component of a basin used to store spent nuclear fuel from former production reactors, and from foreign and domestic research reactor programs.Office of Environmental Management
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May 24, 2021Fluctuations in data from collisions of gold nuclei hint at a possible ‘critical point’ in how nuclei melt.Nuclear Physics
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May 24, 2021SRNS employees at the SRS recently completed visual examinations of non-aluminum clad spent nuclear fuel bundles (SNF) stored in the L Area Disassembly Basin using underwater cameras for the first time.Savannah River Site
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May 19, 2021ARPA-E program will fund projects aiming for tenfold reduction in spent nuclear fuel, minimizing the need for disposal sites.Energy.gov