Deactivation & Decommissioning News

EM transferred more than 180,000 pounds of reusable and recyclable materials recovered during the demolition process for 16 unused, outdated facilities at the Paducah Site over the past year to a local community reuse organization.

The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and cleanup contractor UCOR have safely completed demolition of the Low Intensity Test Reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), checking off a second EM 2023 priority at the site.

Deputy Secretary Turk speaks at the 2023 National Cleanup Workshop about the Cleanup to Clean Energy initiative.

Radiological control technicians (RCTs) are integral to cleanup and remediation performed by the EM Nevada Program at the Nevada National Security Sites (NNSS), yet they can go unnoticed in day-to-day operations.

Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) completed a significant milestone demolition of four buildings at the Test Cell C (TCC) Facility at Area 25.

EM’s Portsmouth Site recently achieved a cleanup milestone with the last load of X-326 Process Building debris placed in the On-Site Waste Disposal Facility (OSWDF).

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued the first Request for Information (RFI) related to the Department’s Cleanup to Clean Energy initiative focused on generating clean energy on DOE owned lands.

Contractor employees supporting the EM program at the Savannah River Site (SRS) recently reevaluated deactivation plans for legacy facilities in the site’s F Area, prompting a change in direction resulting in significant cost savings.

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

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