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AIKEN, S.C. – An international organization has recognized EM Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) Fellow Technical Advisor Michael Brisson for his leadership in establishing standards for air quality and nuclear fuel-cycle analysis.

RICHLAND, Wash. – Workers with Hanford Site contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company recently finished retrieving a total of 2,201 drums of waste from trenches in the 618-10 Burial Ground.

PHOENIX – EM, Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and United Kingdom nuclear cleanup organizations agreed to develop more tangible collaborative projects at their recent 16th Standing Committee Meeting at the 2017 Waste Management Symposia.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – EM and the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Agency (UKAEA) have agreed to further collaborate to develop and apply robotics to nuclear decommissioning tasks.

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PHOENIX – EM’s recent efforts to become a more field-centric organization are already reaping rewards, senior EM officials said here last week during a panel discussion at the 2017 Waste Management Symposium.

RICHLAND, Wash. – The last stop of plutonium processing on the Hanford Site is now one significant step closer to demolition. EM’s Richland Operations Office contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CH2M) recently isolated the main process...

PHOENIX – Senior federal and contractor officials from EM’s Office of River Protection at Hanford discussed the progress being made on the direct-feed low activity waste (DFLAW) approach for treating Hanford’s tank waste during a panel discussion...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – EM and its cleanup contractor at Oak Ridge are taking steps now to remove risks and help prepare excess facilities for eventual demolition at the Y-12 National Security Complex and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).