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NNSA’s Office of International Nuclear Security hosted an event highlighting U.S. support for nuclear security capacity building for future nuclear power programs at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s International Conference for Nuclear Security (ICONS) in Vienna on May 21, 2024.

Laboratory testing at the Hanford Site confirms that over 200,000 gallons of treated radioactive waste is ready to be vitrified, or immobilized in glass.

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management leaders met last week with representatives from the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, a national network of 34 organizations from communities across the nuclear weapons complex, to address cleanup issues.

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management received concurrence from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on May 23 that the Savannah River Site has successfully removed waste from Tank 10 and may now proceed to the next step in the closure process for that tank.

With crews set to finish remediating soil at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) this year, the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) is shifting focus to groundwater — the final phase of cleanup there.

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) crews safely removed and packaged for disposal another massive component from the Main Plant Process Building recently as part of the facility’s ongoing demolition at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP).

The President nominates William "Ike" White to serve on the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board and selects Candice Robertson to head the Office of Environmental Management.