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In the wake of Hurricane Helene’s devastating impact in the Southeast, the Savannah River Site mobilized teams from Savannah River Nuclear Solutions Site Services, SRS Emergency Response Organization, SRS Fire Department, Centerra-SRS and U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service–Savannah River to address extensive damage, repairs and recovery efforts across the site.

In a collaborative effort to support local relief agencies recovering from Hurricane Helene, nearly 40,000 ready-to-eat meals were recently distributed by the National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy-Savannah River and Savannah River Nuclear Solutions.

About 2,000 gallons of radioactive and chemical tank waste is one step closer to disposal as part of a treatment technology demonstration at the Hanford Site.

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management received concurrence this month from the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that the Savannah River Site has successfully removed waste from Tank 9 and may now proceed to the next step in the closure process for that tank.

The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant team held a community forum in Las Vegas, New Mexico, last week with participants joining in person and virtually.

Workers recently completed an 18-month project of replacing 11 hot cell windows at the 222-S Laboratory on the Hanford Site.

The EM Los Alamos Field Office has achieved another year of fulfilling its legacy cleanup commitments with the New Mexico Environment Department at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

An effort to improve the lifespan and resiliency of a communication tower against extreme weather events at the Savannah River Site has garnered the U.S. Department of Energy Sustainability Award for Outstanding Climate Resilience Project.

The Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project has achieved another 1-million-ton cleanup milestone, checking off a priority of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management for the year.