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Stretching across 580 square miles in southeastern Washington, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s Hanford Site is home to natural resources like gravel rock and sand — essential materials for the site's ongoing construction and remediation efforts.

The Savannah River Site recently completed construction of a much-needed renovation of a key access control gate at the 310-square-mile nuclear facility.

Engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) Paducah Site are making strides in implementing new technology by using drones to survey the site’s sanitary landfill.

AMMTO is especially interested in funding research in pursuit of materials recovery and reuse systems, smart manufacturing and energy-efficient microelectronics.

The scores are in, and the Hanford Site received a perfect 10 — that is, 10 consecutive years of treating more than 2 billion gallons of contaminated groundwater, an achievement that highlights continuous, consistent cleanup progress.

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management decontamination and demolition crews are using innovative technologies and techniques to safely and efficiently demolish two defueled naval nuclear propulsion plant prototypes at the Naval Reactors Facility at the Idaho National Laboratory Site.