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Advancing the Cleanup Mission

A partnership between the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management and the National Nuclear Security Administration is advancing preparations for future demolition of a legacy facility while recovering valuable equipment for national security missions.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project recently achieved a milestone by removing 17 million tons of uranium mill tailings from the banks of the Colorado River near Moab.

Members of the community recently broke ground for a first-of-a-kind community enrichment center in the Scarboro community made possible by a $2.4 million Community Capacity Building Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office is advancing a unique robot for remote radiological surveying in its legacy cleanup mission.

Cleanup teams recently created a new database to keep equipment organized, save money and stick to the schedule of safely and efficiently demolishing a 33-acre legacy uranium enrichment building at the Portsmouth Site.

West Valley Demonstration Project team members partnered with Habitat for Humanity Buffalo on a day off from work to help build a new home for a family in need.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site is employing artificial intelligence to drive one of the nation’s key environmental cleanup missions forward.

This issue of the weekly EM Update focuses on the 12th National Cleanup Workshop, held Sept. 14-16 in Arlington, Virginia.

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management Senior Advisor Jim Kahler joined private sector partners on a National Cleanup Workshop panel to share insight on the thriving new energy developments taking root across EM sites.