Deactivation & Decommissioning News
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July 7, 2026Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management cleanup crews are removing radioactive materials from Building 3029, a legacy production lab at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. July 7, 2026Office of Environmental Management
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June 30, 2026The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management has wrapped up a four-year risk reduction effort at a legacy facility after contractor United Cleanup Oak Ridge removed 447 containers of legacy waste from it, moving crews closer to the start of full-scale deactivation and eventual demolition. June 30, 2026Office of Environmental Management
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June 23, 2026A drone photograph recently captured progress worth celebrating at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. June 23, 2026Office of Environmental Management
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June 23, 2026Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management crews have prepared a cluster of highly contaminated buildings for teardown on one of the most challenging footprints at Oak Ridge National Laboratory after finishing deactivation work there. June 23, 2026Office of Environmental Management
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June 23, 2026The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management has brought down a building containing a ventilation system that once served the Main Plant Process Building. June 23, 2026Office of Environmental Management
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June 16, 2026Cleanup progress continues across Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where workers recently began preparing another facility for demolition as they remove hazards and pave the way for the next chapter of scientific discovery and innovation at the site. June 16, 2026Office of Environmental Management
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June 9, 2026Crews taking down the largest former uranium enrichment facility in the heart of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site recently removed the last of its nearly 15,000 panels containing asbestos, a marker of progress toward the aging structure’s demolition. June 9, 2026Office of Environmental Management
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June 2, 2026As members of the next-generation workforce arrive at the Paducah Site, they will undergo a new training by longtime employees covering a topic that may be unfamiliar to the incoming workers: the site’s past uranium enrichment operations. June 2, 2026Office of Environmental Management
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June 2, 2026Idaho Cleanup Project crews are hard at work advancing decommissioning and demolition on two Navy Nuclear Propulsion Program prototypes: the Submarine 5th Generation General Electric and the Aircraft Carrier 1st Generation Westinghouse prototypes. June 2, 2026Office of Environmental Management
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May 26, 2026Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management crews have cleared the 2.5-acre footprint of the former Alpha-2 facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex following demolition and removal of 81 million pounds of rubble and debris. May 26, 2026Office of Environmental Management