EM News

Leaders from key EM sites speaking at the 2021 National Cleanup Workshop detailed achievements over the past several months, highlighting a new phase of progress in the cleanup program.

Managers leading cleanup at several EM sites detailed how they have made significant progress in the EM mission over the past two years despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

EM federal and contractor leadership from the Hanford Site provided an in-depth look at the Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste (DFLAW) Program, and progress made toward immobilizing tank waste in glass through the process of vitrification.

Focusing on the future workforce is vital to the EM mission, according to panelists at the 2021 National Cleanup Workshop who discussed challenges and possible solutions in recruiting and retaining talent.

EM has selected Joel Bradburne to serve as field manager of the Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) in Lexington, Kentucky.

New five-minute “site 101” videos are available on the EM website, providing a brief history and the current cleanup mission status.

Deputy Energy Secretary David M. Turk and EM Senior Advisor William “Ike” White toured DOE facilities and the Aiken County Technology Laboratory during a visit to the Savannah River Site Dec. 2-3.

The environment at DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site and underlying Snake River Plain Aquifer are considerably safer today following 30 years of cleanup in compliance with state and federal regulations.

An oil-spill facility-response plan reviewed by the team at Hanford’s Volpentest Hazardous Materials Management and Emergency Response (HAMMER) Federal Training Center proved critical to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).

EM is moving forward with full-scale deactivation of an unused, deteriorating facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex at Oak Ridge after workers successfully isolated potentially hazardous energy sources inside the building.