Safety News

EM’s revised roadmap for completion of the liquid waste program at the Savannah River Site (SRS) is now available.

Efforts to address legacy transuranic waste recently took an important step forward as the EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) and cleanup contractor Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos (N3B) have begun size reduction activities.

Hanford Site workers recently removed a complex piece of equipment that stood in the way of future tank-waste retrieval.

Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management’s (OREM) lead cleanup contractor, UCOR, has started constructing the final permitted cell in Landfill V.

Excavation crews recently attained a milestone in the construction of a new utility shaft at EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).

Employees at the Hanford Site's Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant recently hosted their inaugural Heavy Equipment Expo.

EM workers continue to reduce chemical hazards at the Paducah Site with the recent shipment of 14 sodium fluoride traps, or exchange vessels, for off-site disposal and the elimination of the site’s entire chlorine gas cylinder inventory.

CARLSBAD, N.M. – Progress on the Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System at EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) continues, with crews rapidly approaching the completion of construction of its buildings.

Alert employees teamed up with a regional beekeeper to save thousands of honeybees that recently took up residence at an Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site facility and protect members of the workforce from potential, painful stings

EM Office of River Protection (ORP) tank operations contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) recently began testing the renovated load-in station at the Effluent Treatment Facility (ETF) to ensure operational readiness. This is another step