EM News

More than 100 people attended a May 17 public meeting on the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management’s (OREM) proposed onsite disposal facility.

The State and Tribal Government Working Group (STGWG) toured a new interpretive center at a site where EM completed remediation about 20 years ago and received updates from the cleanup program on workforce development and other topics.

EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) is preparing to employ an innovative treatment system at the Hanford Site to speed up the removal of contamination in the soil near the Columbia River.

EM’s vitrification plant at Savannah River Site (SRS) is undergoing a significant process improvement.

EM and its cleanup contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) are working to close a former storage area for hazardous mixed waste, thereby reducing the site’s Cold War footprint and helping protect the environment.

EM is improving operational reliability through critical infrastructure replacement at a Savannah River Site (SRS) tank farm.

A wall-to-wall count that will cover every item located in warehouses and storage areas on the Hanford Site is underway

DOE has collected more than 2,000 groundwater samples for analysis and removed 9,000 gallons of contaminants from the groundwater at the Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC) site.

Two prime contractors for the EM Office of River Protection (ORP) are working together to provide a safe and modern office space for workers as the Hanford Site prepares for 24/7 waste-treatment operations and increased laboratory testing services.

EM and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) leaders during a base camp visit last week thanked firefighters and were briefed on efforts to control a wildfire that has been burning in the vicinity of the Los Alamos National Laboratory.