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A new simulator will help train operators on the safe and efficient movement of a crane at the Defense Waste Processing Facility at the Savannah River Site.

The 222-S Laboratory plays an important role in analyzing radioactive tank waste at the Hanford Site — so when crews needed to shut down the facility’s power for a full week to complete infrastructure upgrades, timing and precision were everything.

Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management contractor Isotek has surpassed a significant milestone supporting clinical cancer trials by extracting more than 15 grams of extremely rare isotope, thorium-229.

A key facility supporting the Hanford Site’s tank waste cleanup mission is back in service following a series of repairs, upgrades and training sessions.

In an effort to strengthen academic and industry partnerships, representatives from the Savannah River Site recently visited Florida International University, a leading public research university in Miami, Florida.

The Idaho Cleanup Project team recently celebrated 7,500 transuranic waste shipments from the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.

Why now, what’s changed? This was the main question from many community members at recent public scoping meetings for the Office of Environmental Management Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for cleanup at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory.

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management has the potential to play an important role in the “nuclear renaissance” underway in the United States, senior EM leaders said.

The Savannah River Site recently acquired a new state-of-the-art electrofishing boat to bolster sampling efforts as part of work to survey the effects of its operations on people and natural resources surrounding the site.