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Sees accelerated cleanup for reuse.

The Hanford Site’s tank-side pretreatment system set a new record, processing more than 222,000 gallons of radioactive tank waste in September during its latest run — the largest batch processed since the Tank-Side Cesium Removal System began operating in 2022.

As part of its regular engagement with stakeholders, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office recently hosted a public Environmental Management Cleanup Forum.

Innovative mechanical problem-solving led the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management and cleanup contractor United Cleanup Oak Ridge to achieve significant cost savings and dodge a monthslong project delay at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

With nearly 13,000 employees across the Hanford Site relying on a functioning information technology infrastructure, quick response time to a system outage is critical to the cleanup mission.

First Senate-confirmed EM leader in more than six years

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management and its liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site have deployed a robot dog at the Salt Waste Processing Facility to support high-hazard operations while reducing personnel radiation exposure.

The Idaho Cleanup Project is implementing an established, cost-effective process to evaluate potential per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances sites at the Idaho National Laboratory.

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.