Beneficial Reuse News

During the 24th Combined Intergovernmental Meeting, the Office of Environmental Management presented its vision for the recycling and conditioning of used nuclear fuel to representatives from states, tribes, local governments, and other stakeholder organizations. July 7, 2026

Cleanup crews in the Oak Ridge National Laboratory central campus have filled 120 feet of underground ductwork connecting multiple facilities with a cement mixture to isolate them for safe demolition and avoid potential impacts to neighboring buildings. April 28, 2026

Decades of uranium enrichment operations at two former gaseous diffusion plants yielded thousands of cylinders of depleted uranium hexafluoride, or DUF6, that accumulated in storage yards. April 21, 2026

In his first trip to Oak Ridge last week, Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management Tim Walsh witnessed firsthand the reach and impact of the U.S. Department of Energy’s cleanup mission. April 14, 2026

SB Energy, a SoftBank Group company, recently announced a unique public-private partnership to construct the world’s largest artificial intelligence data center on leased land at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site. April 7, 2026

Successful cleanup and reuse efforts underway at the Oak Ridge, Paducah, and Portsmouth sites are vividly illustrating the Office of Environmental Management’s ability to successfully deliver its vision of nuclear restoration and revitalization across the DOE complex, federal and contractor leaders said. March 17, 2026

The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management and contractor United Cleanup Oak Ridge have begun major field work to address an old scrapyard, a project that will remove risks and allow future industrial reuse on the land. March 10, 2026