EM News

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) crews at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) met an EM 2022 priority by launching demolition of the Main Plant Process Building (MPPB) last week.

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) today released its EM Program Plan, a 2022 priority outlining a decision roadmap the cleanup program will use as a guide over the next two decades.

EM crews are taking the first steps to bring the massive Alpha-4 facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12) to the cold-and-dark stage, a process in which they remove all utility sources to the building as a precursor to demolition.

EM crews at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site and Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) jointly observed a day focused on safety last week to review transuranic (TRU) waste shipping and receipt procedures.

EM is slated to decommission a building at the Savannah River Site (SRS) containing residual plutonium once used to power deep space missions after workers finished deactivating the facility.

As part of its goal to increase small business involvement in the legacy cleanup mission, EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) contractor Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos (N3B) recently awarded subcontracts to three small environmental firms.

Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) recently won its sixth Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Innovation Award.

The health and safety of Portsmouth Site employees is the first priority. When something doesn’t seem right, team members know to act.

EM crews at the Savannah River Site (SRS) recently demolished a former coal handling system whose removal further shrinks the legacy footprint at the 300-square-mile nuclear reservation.