From the Blog

RICHLAND, Wash. – Workers recently completed installing two of the last major pieces of equipment for the EM Office of River Protection’s Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Vitrification Facility at the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Pla...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – EM’s cleanup contractor at the Oak Ridge site earned nearly $3.6 million for its performance from Oct. 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016, amounting to 93 percent of the total award fee available.

RICHLAND, Wash. – A 65-ton vessel critical to determining the safe mixing and processing of radioactive waste at EM’s Office of River Protection Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) arrived here this month.

AIKEN, S.C. – For some students pursuing graduate degrees in robotics, the final exam could involve helping EM solve some of its toughest problems.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho – A streamlined process to remediate contaminated areas at DOE’s 890-square-mile Idaho Site has benefitted the Environmental Restoration (ER) Program and taxpayers in general.

RICHLAND, Wash. – Staff members from EM’s Richland Operations Office Volpentest Hazardous Materials Management and Emergency Response (HAMMER) Federal Training Center facility recently participated in what is being called the largest earthquake dri...

PIKETON, Ohio – Twenty-seven area high school teachers recently visited EM’s Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant Site as part of a training program in career counseling.

RICHLAND, Wash. – In 2010, workers with EM’s Richland Operations Office (RL) and contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC) at the Hanford Site began using a new type of resin — a material used to remove contamination from groundwat...

AIKEN, S.C. – Dozens of engineers, scientists and technicians from Savannah River Site’s management and operations contractor recently shared their expertise with more than 3,000 students in “Teach-In” presentations at 29 area middle schools.

AIKEN, S.C. – EM transferred equipment used to characterize transuranic (TRU) waste at the Savannah River Site to other DOE sites for use, saving approximately $5.7 million in taxpayer dollars and reducing waste.