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April 10, 2017CARLSBAD, N.M. – EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) today announced receipt of its first shipment of transuranic (TRU) waste since WIPP reopened in January.Office of Environmental Management
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April 6, 2017Cincinnati -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the award of a contract to SC&A, Inc. of Vienna, VA for the West Valley Demonstra...Office of Environmental Management
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March 31, 2017WASHINGTON, D.C. – Energy Secretary Rick Perry honored Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management’s (OREM) Wendy A. Cain as Federal Project D...Office of Environmental Management
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March 31, 2017On March 29, the Office of Nuclear Energy teamed up with the Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation (DNN) a...Office of Nuclear Energy
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March 30, 2017WEST VALLEY, N.Y. – EM’s West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) declared the Vitrification Facility demolition-ready on March 16, after years of decontamination and deactivation to remove a variety of hazards.Office of Environmental Management
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March 30, 2017RICHLAND, Wash. – EM’s Richland Operations Office (RL) and contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CH2M) recently installed sludge removal equipment in the 105K West Fuel Storage Basin and adjacent sludge transfer annex.Office of Environmental Management
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March 30, 2017IDAHO FALLS, Idaho – Workers removed more than 53,000 cubic meters of transuranic waste stored in an Idaho Site enclosure, creating space to safely treat other waste.Office of Environmental Management
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March 30, 2017OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its primary cleanup contractor URS|CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR) are completing comprehensive remediation and final closure of a former pond at the East Tennessee Technology Park ...Office of Environmental Management
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March 30, 2017RICHLAND, Wash. – EM Office of River Protection contractor Bechtel National Inc. this month energized the Balance of Facilities (BOF) switchgear building, Building 91, one of the more than 20 structures that make up the Balance of Facilities at the W...Office of Environmental Management
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March 30, 2017RICHLAND, Wash. – Workers at the Hanford Site's Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) finished installing a caustic scrubber, beating an interim milestone by nearly two weeks.Office of Environmental Management