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May 31, 2016OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – In February 2016, demolition crews made their first tear into the K-27 gaseous diffusion building. Now, only months later, the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its contractor URS | CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR) have ...Office of Management
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May 31, 2016WASHINGTON, D.C. – EM has released a new plan to address mercury contamination that advocates for research and technology development to resolve ...Office of Management
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May 31, 2016WEST VALLEY, N.Y. – With the passing of winter, EM’s West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) crews have resumed relocating canisters of high-level waste (HLW).Office of Management
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May 31, 2016RICHLAND, Wash. – EM’s Office of River Protection’s (ORP) Effluent Treatment Facility (ETF) resumed operations May 19 after a two-year period that saw ORP assume its oversight from the Richland Operations Office (RL) and a major upgrade to its eq...Office of Management
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May 31, 2016RICHLAND, Wash. – At the Plutonium Finishing Plant on the Hanford Site, crews with EM contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company are in the...Office of Management
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May 31, 2016RICHLAND, Wash. – An expert panel met this month to discuss the integrity of double-shell tank AY-102 on behalf of EM’s Office of River Protection (ORP).Office of Management
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May 31, 2016RICHLAND, Wash. – Hanford’s 242-A Evaporator recently conducted back-to-back operating campaigns, creating approximately 300,000 gallons of double-shell tank waste storage space.Office of Management
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May 20, 2016In large tokamaks with tungsten walls, the edge plasma must be cooled to low temperatures before it contacts the wall. This reduces sputtering ofFusion Energy Sciences
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May 20, 2016A collaboration of researchers from MIT, University of California at San Diego, and General Atomics have performed the first set of realisticFusion Energy Sciences
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May 17, 2016New elements and nuclei establishing the existence of the Island of Stability and expanding the Periodic Table of Elements were produced in hotNuclear Physics