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U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management Senior Advisor William “Ike” White joined National Nuclear Security Administration and NNSA Office of Naval Reactors leaders on Capitol Hill on May 22 to testify before the Senate Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Committee on Armed Services on their missions and commitments supporting DOE’s fiscal year 2025 budget request.

Laboratory testing at the Hanford Site confirms that over 200,000 gallons of treated radioactive waste is ready to be vitrified, or immobilized in glass.

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management received concurrence from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on May 23 that the Savannah River Site has successfully removed waste from Tank 10 and may now proceed to the next step in the closure process for that tank.

With crews set to finish remediating soil at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) this year, the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) is shifting focus to groundwater — the final phase of cleanup there.

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) crews safely removed and packaged for disposal another massive component from the Main Plant Process Building recently as part of the facility’s ongoing demolition at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP).