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May 4, 2021EM is set to further alter the SRS skyline over the next five months with the demolition of five buildings in an area of the site where Cold War workers once created heavy water for reactors and produced power & steam in a five-story coal fired powerhouseOffice of Environmental Management
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May 4, 2021EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor CPCCo is preparing to implement key components of a system that will isolate and stabilize about 15,000 pounds of radioactive debris in the K West Reactor spent fuel storage basin on the Hanford Site.Office of Environmental Management
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May 4, 2021EM’s liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) has completed a significant waste retrieval project, further advancing EM’s mission of safe cleanup of legacy liquid waste.Office of Environmental Management
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May 4, 2021A second slate of 12 laboratory technicians recently started work at the EM Office of River Protection (ORP) Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) at the Hanford Site.Office of Environmental Management
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May 4, 2021New analysis by PNNL and NRIC could cut more than a year off of the environmental review process—potentially saving millions.Office of Nuclear Energy
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April 28, 2021Today, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management is releasing a draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for a new procurement for the operation of the Savannah River Site (SRS).Office of Environmental Management
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April 28, 2021Recommended approach to producing 30 plutonium pits per year identifiedNational Nuclear Security Administration
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April 27, 2021State-of-the-art techniques expand scientists’ fundamental understanding of heavy element 99, Einsteinium.Basic Energy Sciences
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April 27, 2021EM's Office of River Protection (ORP) tank operations contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) recently started testing a system integral to treating the Hanford Site’s tank waste.Office of Environmental Management
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April 27, 2021DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR recently completed the removal of one of the final remaining structures at the former Radioisotope Development Lab at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).Office of Environmental Management