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The U.S. Department of Energy’s community reuse organization at the Portsmouth Site is seeing decades of efforts to redevelop the former gaseous diffusion plant pay off.

The Hanford Site’s complex operational landscape requires continuous innovation to ensure safe, compliant and efficient management of aging nuclear facilities.

Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management Tim Walsh will take part in a virtual meeting of the EM Site-Specific Advisory Board Chairs on Nov. 10, maintaining the U.S. Department of Energy's commitment to listen to and engage with communities around cleanup sites.

The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management processed 62 canisters of uranium-233 for safe transportation and disposal during the fiscal year that recently ended, surpassing its 50-canister goal as crews advance the highest priority cleanup project at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office recently participated in Los Alamos County’s annual infrastructure and policies tour, which included discussions about the county’s cleanup priorities.

State legislators recently joined local and regional public officials from eastern Idaho for an Idaho Cleanup Project tour, where they learned how the cleanup ensures protection of people and the environment while meeting commitments in the 1995 Idaho Settlement Agreement.

Through an interagency agreement, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Carlsbad Field Office has transferred three large-platform lithium-ion batteries from its Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health Pittsburgh Mine Research Division for a first-of-a-kind study to develop real world knowledge of the nature and risks of large-scale battery fires.

The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management and contractor United Cleanup Oak Ridge are improving the Transuranic Waste Processing Center to broaden waste processing capabilities.