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Workers at the Hanford Site recently finished filling the last large concrete basin at the K Reactor Area with cement-like grout. The basin stored reactor fuel rods from the plutonium production mission.

When crews with Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and cleanup contractor UCOR finished demolishing the mile-long K-25 Building more than a decade ago, they left behind a massive 44-acre footprint that’s now part of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park.

A One Hanford contractor partnership has developed a new process to ensure radioactive and chemical tank waste is ready for pretreatment quickly and efficiently at the Hanford Site.

Candice Robertson has taken over as the new head of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM).

Latest Oak Ridge cleanup achievement represents important advancement for largest deactivation projects at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) crews have demolished one of the biggest buildings at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site, and two more structures are set to come down before the year’s end.

Risk reduction is a key component of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) cleanup mission at the Hanford Site. Placing the K East Reactor into interim safe storage, also known as “cocooning,” in October 2022 marked a significant accomplishment in that mission.

A student who worked on a capstone project for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) heard a calling to join the nuclear industry.