Science & Technology News

A new $30 million investment by EM will fund research and technology development led by DOE’s national laboratories aimed at better addressing tank waste at the Hanford Site.

EM’s Office of River Protection and contractor Washington River Protection Solutions recently hosted a high-profile advocate for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education.

Nearly 85 miles west of Oak Ridge, 10,000 students attend Tennessee Tech University.

For almost four decades, EM's Savannah River Site (SRS) and the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center at the University of South Carolina Aiken (USC Aiken) have partnered to bring science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education to area student.

A DOE Office of Environmental Management contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) awarded 114 local educators grants ranging from $500 to $1,000 during a recent celebration.

EM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Jeff Avery attended the second annual House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus reception at the U.S. Capitol last week.

Students from Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina, recently toured EM’s Savannah River Site (SRS) to learn about the array of occupations and operations across the 310-square-mile environmental reservation.

Students from three regional high schools recently teamed up for Hack the Plastics, an event created by EM’s Paducah Site cleanup contractor to “hack,” or propose solutions, to help solve a part of the global plastics waste problem.

Members of DOE’s Catastrophic Incident Response Team receive instruction from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory drone team during recent training on the Hanford Site.

While preparing for a recent podcast episode that brought attention to EM’s hiring efforts and associated challenges, Michael Butler, host of the “Gone Fission Nuclear Report Podcast,” came across a recent college graduate who joined EM.