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EM is draining the last large concrete basin at the Hanford Site.

Portsmouth Site crews relied on detailed planning, collaboration and teamwork to successfully complete the characterization activities in the X-333 Process Building, which is slated for demolition early next year.

Members of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee recently toured the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center at the Idaho National Laboratory Site.

A new automated pumping system is up and running at the Former Sodium Disposal Facility on the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s Energy Technology Engineering Center site at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory.

Savannah River Site recently entered the final testing stage of a multi-year project to introduce automation to its mission to downblend surplus plutonium for permanent disposal and remove it from South Carolina, benefiting personnel while saving taxpayer dollars.

Hanford workers recently used a robotic arm to help remove an old 34-foot pump from a large underground tank, called AP-102, that stores radiological and chemical waste.

Workers have finished removing radioactive waste from the 21st large underground storage tank as part of the massive cleanup of the Hanford Site in southeast Washington state.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) recently crossed a major milestone: the 14,000th shipment of defense-generated transuranic (TRU) nuclear waste was delivered to its Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) and emplaced in the underground repository.

Members of the Northern New Mexico Citizens’ Advisory Board (NNMCAB) recently saw firsthand the work of the legacy cleanup mission at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) crews at Oak Ridge are moving closer toward completing the first-ever demolition of a former uranium enrichment facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex as crews reroute utilities around the structure.