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October 31, 2023The EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) successfully completed several key legacy cleanup accomplishments in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, including meeting all regulatory milestones, exceeding transuranic (TRU) waste shipment goals and wrapping up fieOffice of Environmental Management
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October 31, 2023EM’s steady work removing old, contaminated structures at Oak Ridge is paving the way for new uses of land, including a site where the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) recently hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for its new Lithium ProcessingOffice of Environmental Management
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October 31, 2023A drone outfitted with radiation detectors recently underwent testing at the Portsmouth Site for potential future use as part of growing collaboration between EM and the state of Ohio.Office of Environmental Management
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October 31, 2023Crews with the EM Office of River Protection at the Hanford Site have completed construction of a 144,100-square-foot interim surface barrier over a group of underground waste-storage tanks.Office of Environmental Management
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Press ReleasesOctober 26, 2023The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s (EM) Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project has achieved another cleanup milestone by safely shipping millions of tons of uranium mill tailings from the Moab, Utah, site.Moab UMTRA Project
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October 24, 2023The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) recently marked a significant accomplishment when critical infrastructure that will supply air to the largest safety-related ventilation system in the DOE complex reached its final depth of 2,275 feet.Office of Environmental Management
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October 24, 2023Significant progress is being made decommissioning the prototype for a reactor plant at the Idaho National Laboratory.Office of Environmental Management
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Press ReleasesOctober 24, 2023During his career, he helped lay the groundwork for remediation strategies that are still in use today.Office of Legacy Management
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October 24, 2023Experiment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s High Flux Isotope Reactor precisely measures the antineutrino energy spectrum.High Energy Physics
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October 23, 2023The U.S. Department of Energy, through the NRIC, awarded $3.9 million to three advanced nuclear energy developers to design experiments to test microreactor designs in the Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments (DOME) test bed at INL.Office of Nuclear Energy