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February 8, 2022The EM Office of River Protection (ORP), tank waste contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), and Washington state officials recently celebrated the startup of the Hanford Site’s new Tank-Side Cesium Removal (TSCR) System.Office of Environmental Management
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February 8, 2022A facility that will highlight the history of the K-25 Building from a new vantage point is a step closer to reality through a newly formed partnership between DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.Office of Environmental Management
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February 8, 2022EM and its contractors at the Savannah River Site (SRS) recently achieved their 4,000th environmental cleanup milestone under a state-issued hazardous and mixed-waste permit and an agreement enacted by state and federal regulators.Office of Environmental Management
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February 8, 2022Workers with EM Richland Operations Office contractors Central Plateau Cleanup Company and Hanford Mission Integration Solutions recently teamed to remove three 50-foot-tall exhaust stacks near the Columbia River, further transforming the Hanford Site.Office of Environmental Management
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February 7, 2022A recent measurement of the neutron-rich “skin” around lead nuclei reveals new details of neutron behavior and the dynamics of neutron starsNuclear Physics
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Success StoryFebruary 7, 2022INL built a full-scale, electrically heated prototype to support the U.S. Department of Energy’s new MARVEL microreactor project.Office of Nuclear Energy
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Press ReleasesFebruary 3, 2022In the midst of the United States’ race to build the atomic bomb during World War II, an African American-owned business helped develop reactor fuel for the Manhattan Project.Office of Legacy Management
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Press ReleasesFebruary 3, 2022The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) awarded North Wind Portage, Inc. (NWP), of Idaho Falls, Idaho, the Moab Remedial Action Contract (Moab RAC) for completion of EM’s environmental remediation in Moab, Utah.Office of Environmental Management
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Success StoryFebruary 3, 2022First batch of TRIGA fuel is expected to be delivered to the U.S. by 2023.Office of Nuclear Energy
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February 2, 2022The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced workers have begun the first large-scale treatment of radioactive and chemical waste from large underground tanks at the Hanford Site.Office of Environmental Management