Nuclear News & Updates

An association recently recognized several EM contractors across the DOE complex with a variety of awards for safety, health, innovation, and outreach.

EM Richland Operations Office contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company has awarded two construction subcontracts worth about $9.5 million to Richland-based DGR Grant Construction Inc. to progress critical risk-reduction work along the Columbia River.

EM has concluded a two-year outage at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site’s Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU), where crews completed more than 50 modifications to the liquid-waste treatment facility.

The mission to clean up areas used in the production of nuclear weapons may not get as much attention but it’s important to show that the government can address the environmental legacy in the communities that hosted weapons and research facilities.

EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is not only back, it’s back with an exclamation mark.

EM and its liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) continue to make progress on a waste treatment demonstration project with the installation of new ion-exchange columns.

The EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) and cleanup contractor Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos (N3B) recently completed their 30th shipment of transuranic (TRU) waste for the fiscal year that began in October last year.

DOE's Dr. Kathryn Huff breaks down the importance of demonstrating new reactor technologies and expanding the Department's R&D infrastructure.