Upcoming Events
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Press ReleasesSeptember 23, 2021Today, the Office of Environmental Management awarded a financial assistance grant to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.Office of Environmental Management
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Press ReleasesSeptember 22, 2021Secretary Granholm issued the following statements today on President Biden’s intent to nominate Maria Robinson for Assistant Secretary in the Office of Electricity and Dr. Joseph DeCarolis for Energy Information Administration (EIA) Administrator.Energy.gov
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September 21, 2021The Hanford Site is closing in on treating 28 billion total gallons of groundwater to remove contamination since treatment began in the mid-1990s, significantly reducing risk to the Columbia River.Office of Environmental Management
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September 21, 2021A material resembling small glass beads will serve as a critical ingredient to heating up the first melter at Hanford’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) set for later this year.Office of Environmental Management
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September 21, 2021EM has demonstrated the capability to expand double-stacking high-level waste canisters at the Savannah River Site (SRS), an approach that saves the cleanup program more than $100 million.Office of Environmental Management
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September 21, 2021The West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) is altering a former storage facility for use in processing waste during the demolition of the Main Plant Process Building.Office of Environmental Management
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BulletinSeptember 14, 2021Microscopic features of neptunium dioxide control how contaminants dissolve in underground disposal of spent nuclear fuel.Basic Energy Sciences
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September 14, 2021The EM Nevada Program and its environmental program services contractor, Navarro Research and Engineering, have initiated characterization and hazard reduction activities to prepare for upcoming demolition and closure work.Office of Environmental Management
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September 14, 2021Scientists in the EM program are using a 62-acre plantation of pine trees and other natural resources to greatly limit radioactively contaminated groundwater from reaching waterways on the Savannah River Site (SRS).Office of Environmental Management
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September 14, 2021With help from Hanford Site employees, a large area of the site with cultural significance to tribal nations in the Northwest is making a comeback after a wildfire caused by lightning in June 2020Office of Environmental Management