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November 7, 2023EM and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) officials met Nov. 6 at DOE headquarters to discuss the status of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station cleanup.Office of Environmental Management
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November 7, 2023Fresh on the heels of demolishing the Bulk Shielding Reactor and Low Intensity Test Reactor over the past year, EM crews at Oak Ridge are now working to remove a third reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).Office of Environmental Management
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November 7, 2023EM’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) sites in Portsmouth, Ohio, and Paducah, Kentucky, recently completed another successful public-tour season boosted by an influx of visitors from across the country.Office of Environmental Management
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November 7, 2023A digital transformation initiative in EM’s waste vitrification plant at the Savannah River Site (SRS) is ensuring accuracy and consistency, and streamlining operations of nuclear waste transfers.Office of Environmental Management
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November 7, 2023Hanford Site crews recently made project history when they started pouring the first molten glass from a 300-ton melter into a stainless steel container at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant.Office of Environmental Management
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November 7, 2023EM’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) sites in Portsmouth, Ohio, and Paducah, Kentucky, recently completed another successful public-tour season boosted by an influx of visitors from across the country.Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office
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Success StoryNovember 7, 2023Centrus Energy Corp has produced the nation’s first 20 kilograms of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) — a crucial material required by many advanced reactor technologies.Office of Nuclear Energy
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November 2, 2023The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy wrapped up the first-ever U.S.-Africa Nuclear Energy Summit (USANES) in Ghana, where participants from across the continent discussed the future of nuclear power.Office of Nuclear Energy
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October 31, 2023Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project successfully relocating another 1 million tons of uranium mill tailings away from the Colorado River, bringing the cumulative total to 14 million tons permanently disposed.Office of Environmental Management
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October 31, 2023A former EM assistant secretary who recently retired from the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) was honored by Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm with an award for distinguished service for her dedicated service to the Department and nation.Office of Environmental Management