From the Blog

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management and Hanford Site leaders highlighted cleanup progress and the path forward during a panel discussion at the National Cleanup Workshop.

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management headquarters and field site officials joined Waste Isolation Pilot Plant and EM Los Alamos Field Office contractor leadership, a New Mexico Environment Department representative and Los Alamos County councilor for a National Cleanup Workshop panel titled, “All Roads Lead to WIPP: The Importance of Disposal to Cleanup.”

Leaders from the U.S. Department of Energy’s offices of Environmental Management and Nuclear Energy, Savannah River National Laboratory and the companies EnergySolutions and Orano discussed how government, industry and national laboratories can work together to advance recycling, strengthen domestic nuclear capabilities and tackle long-term waste challenges.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site reached a significant milestone in the X-333 Process Building demolition when crews safely took down the 66,000-square-foot southwest corner of the 33-acre facility.

After serving the Hanford Site’s water system for more than eight decades, the 283W water treatment plant is now officially offline. The facility treated and delivered about 2 million gallons of water daily for site operations.

Local law enforcement, fire protection and emergency medical services personnel recently met with West Valley Demonstration Project team members as part of an ongoing partnership to strengthen coordination and ensure employees are prepared to act quickly and safely in the unlikely event of an emergency.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management is operating a key radioactive waste processing facility more efficiently after making a breakthrough process change.

Idaho Cleanup Project workers are making final preparations to begin building an engineered cap over a 97-acre Cold War-era landfill known as the Subsurface Disposal Area.

The CONNECT Series meeting on August 12 focused on DOE's response during the Sandy Fire in May 2026, air monitoring wildfire response and other recent activities at SSFL

Josh Mengers, ETEC's federal project director, thanked the community for attending the recent CONNECT Series meeting, which featured a special presentation from Ventura County Fire Department. He also shared activities and upcoming community engagement.