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A National Cleanup Workshop panel focused on the next phase of successes in the U.S. Department of Energy cleanup program shared exciting updates.

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) leaders participated in a U.S. House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus event titled, “EM's Trade Workforce: Getting the Job Done,” on Sept. 18.

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management leaders participated in a U.S. House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus event titled, “EM's Trade Workforce: Getting the Job Done,” on Sept. 18.

In a recent visit to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Energy Secretary David Turk and DOE Office of Environmental Management Senior Advisor Candice Robertson took a tour that went 2,000 feet into Earth where transuranic waste is being emplaced in mined salt beds.

The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management and contractor UCOR took another step forward in the construction of the Mercury Treatment Facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex.

Funding of $5.65 million for 11 research projects in high energy density laboratory plasmas to better understand extreme environments was announced by the Department of Energy (DOE).