EM News

– EM Office of River Protection (ORP) contractor Bechtel National Inc. (BNI) recently took a major step forward when the Hanford Site Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) received a federal authorization.

A researcher with EM’s Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) has earned the honor of laboratory fellow — the highest scientific and engineering achievement within the laboratory.

EM co-hosted a workforce development summit on Friday with the Energy Communities Alliance and Energy Facility Contractors Group that drew a diverse group of leaders from across the region.

EM’s Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) and contractor Idaho Environmental Coalition (IEC) last week hosted the 2023 DOE Safety Culture Improvement Panel (SCIP) Annual Meeting and Safety Culture Workshop.

Classified records from the start of the Manhattan Project arrived safely at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration near Washington, D.C.

More than 70 early career professionals have signed up so far for an inaugural National Cleanup Workshop session next month that will focus on learning more about EM and how to grow and succeed in the DOE cleanup program.

The legacy of a pit that held radioactive and hazardous waste for 56 years at DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory Site has ended.

Leadership from the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) came together recently to exchange best practices for decommissioning facilities and a host of other cleanup topics.

Demolition is underway on several former chemical storage tanks and associated infrastructure as risk-reduction activities continue at a former plutonium processing facility at the Hanford Site.

A Hanford Site building that was critical to transferring radioactive sludge away from the Columbia River is coming down.