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Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management Tim Walsh toured three sites in New York where the U.S. Department of Energy conducts legacy cleanup to review progress and meet with team members and community stakeholders.

Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management Tim Walsh recently joined more than 600 leaders at the third annual South Carolina Nuclear Summit to discuss how U.S. Department of Energy land is becoming a springboard for America's nuclear renaissance.

Crews led by U.S. Department of Energy contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company have safely isolated and stabilized contaminated gloveboxes at the Waste Receiving and Processing facility, a key risk-reduction project on the Hanford Site.

The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management recently hosted a community open house to showcase cleanup progress and outline priorities for 2027.

In the latest major cleanup achievement for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site, crews converted depleted uranium hexafluoride from 4,500 legacy cylinders into safer, more stable chemical forms, representing more than 20% of the site’s cylinder inventory and marking progress toward reducing material left from decades of uranium enrichment.

Idaho Cleanup Project crews are demonstrating their expertise as they deactivate a defueled land-based naval nuclear propulsion prototype prior to demolishing it.

The first mega-size disposal unit constructed and operated at the Savannah River Site is now filled with grout.

A delegation with record participation by more than 90 local leaders, elected officials and community stakeholders from Paducah, Kentucky, gathered at the U.S. Department of Energy headquarters in Washington, D.C., during the annual Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce D.C. Fly-In to meet with DOE Office of Environmental Management leadership.

Workers are helping drive innovation and improved safety in the U.S. Department of Energy’s nuclear cleanup mission as they monitor millions of gallons of landfill wastewater from smartphones following major infrastructure upgrades.

Young, aspiring scientists dug into the science behind environmental cleanup at the recent Los Alamos ScienceFest Discovery Day, with hands-on activities conducted by the Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office’s legacy cleanup contractor.