From the Blog

Radiological control technicians (RCTs) are integral to cleanup and remediation performed by the EM Nevada Program at the Nevada National Security Sites (NNSS), yet they can go unnoticed in day-to-day operations.

The first joint cohort of Savannah River Site (SRS) production operator apprentices recently graduated from Aiken Technical College’s Nuclear Fundamentals Program, marking the first time three SRS contractors jointly participated in the program.

Members of Congress and their staff, DOE officials and others visited EM’s Portsmouth Site in recent weeks where they received updates on future use plans for the site as well as decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) progress.

The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) has established a new workforce retention incentive that rewards the union construction team for progress as it builds the Outfall 200 Mercury Treatment Facility.

EM is testing technologies and processes needed to help immobilize Hanford Site tank waste in glass through a process called vitrification.

NNSA celebrated the opening of Sandia National Laboratories’ new Emergency Operations Center.

Portsmouth Site recently held open house sessions in Scioto and Pike counties enabling the public to speak one-on-one with representatives from EM, site contractors and various community-support organizations.

EM crews at the Savannah River Site (SRS) recently completed their 100th plutonium downblend in fiscal year 2023 safely and ahead of schedule as part of ongoing work to remove the material from South Carolina.

Workers at the Hanford Site Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) have begun removing the first three of 18 temporary startup heaters.

Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) completed a significant milestone demolition of four buildings at the Test Cell C (TCC) Facility at Area 25.