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Recent upgrades to EM’s facilities that convert depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) to more stable compounds for reuse or disposal are delivering improved safety, reliability, operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

New Mexico state and local government officials toured EM legacy cleanup projects at Technical Area 21 and Middle DP Road Site near downtown Los Alamos late last month.

The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management traveled to this year’s National Cleanup Workshop in Arlington, Virginia, to provide comprehensive coverage for its monthly newscast.

Strengthened partnerships and recent changes to regulatory frameworks are leading to impressive results with EM’s cleanup in Oak Ridge.

Crews with EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company recently completed two key demolition projects, moving the risk-reduction mission forward at the Hanford Site.

In 2003, EM created the Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) to focus on the safe and effective cleanup of the federal government’s two remaining gaseous diffusion plants at the Portsmouth and Paducah sites.

Crews at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) recently accomplished an EM 2023 priority after safely shipping more than 9,000 tons of debris from the demolition of the Main Plant Process Building this year.

EM Communications Director Erik Olds provided the keynote address at the Energy Technology and Environmental Business Association 2023 Business Opportunities & Technical Conference in Knoxville, Tennessee on Oct. 4.

EM crews have broken ground on a new cell of the largest active landfill at the Idaho National Laboratory Site, an expansion that will extend the life of the facility by 25 years and increase its capacity threefold.

Construction is complete on more than 40 upgrades that will increase the capability, efficiency and reliability of the Hanford Site’s Effluent Treatment Facility (ETF).