Nuclear News & Updates
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November 1, 2022EM crews at the West Valley Demonstration Project have marked progress in the demolition of the Main Plant Process Building by successfully deconstructing a concrete block structure on the facility’s third floor.Office of Environmental Management
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November 1, 2022EM’s liquid waste contractor at Savannah River Site (SRS) has partnered with Claflin University to challenge the students to improve the method for removing and replacing radioactively contaminated equipment inside the Salt Waste Processing Facility.Office of Environmental Management
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November 1, 2022EM crews recently demolished the first of the remaining structures over the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site’s Cold War-era landfill following the completion of targeted buried radioactive waste retrieval there earlier this year.Office of Environmental Management
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November 1, 2022The Savannah River Site (SRS) exceeded its plutonium downblending goal for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30 ahead of schedule as part of ongoing activities to remove the material from South Carolina.Office of Environmental Management
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November 1, 2022EM contractor UCOR last week assumed responsibility of the Transuranic Waste Processing Center (TWPC) and waste processing operations at Oak Ridge.Office of Environmental Management
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October 28, 2022The Loan Programs Office is helping to accelerate the clean energy transition and unlock the full potential of nuclear energy by financing Vogtle Units 3 and 4Office of Energy Dominance Financing
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October 27, 2022Researchers study the energy and angular dependence of how neutrons scatter off materials to improve reactor safety and efficiency.Nuclear Physics
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Remarks/TestimonyOctober 27, 2022U.S. National Statement at the IAEA 5th International Ministerial Conference Plenary SessionEnergy.gov
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Press ReleasesOctober 26, 2022Nuclear energy provides a critical and sustainable source of energy that contributes to the important goals of both energy security and the reduction of carbon emissions.Office of Nuclear Energy
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October 26, 2022Just over a year after breaking ground, crews recently completed construction of a protective enclosure, or “cocoon,” around another former plutonium production reactor at the Hanford Site, leaving only one more to go.Office of Environmental Management