Safety News

EM crews recently demolished the first of the remaining structures over the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site’s Cold War-era landfill following the completion of targeted buried radioactive waste retrieval there earlier this year.

The Volpentest HAMMER Federal Training Center recently commemorated its 25th year of operation as EM’s premier hands-on health, safety and emergency response training center.

EM contractor UCOR last week assumed responsibility of the Transuranic Waste Processing Center (TWPC) and waste processing operations at Oak Ridge.

Just over a year after breaking ground, crews recently completed construction of a protective enclosure, or “cocoon,” around another former plutonium production reactor at the Hanford Site, leaving only one more to go.

Both of EM’s conversion plants that recycle depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) to safer and more beneficial products are back in business with improved safety and sustainability measures following a COVID-19 operational pause.

EM’s Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) recently took the first step toward achieving an end state for a Cold War-era landfill where crews have completed cleanup.

EM Office of River Protection (ORP) tank operations contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) is ready to begin assembling additional melters to support the Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste (DFLAW) Program at the Hanford Site.

EM’s liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) has been named a champion of cybersecurity awareness for ensuring its people and programs stay safe online.

EM contractor Isotek began processing the remaining inventory of uranium (U)-233 stored at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) last week, attaining a 2022 priority for the cleanup program.

EM crews at the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) recently held an employee safety expo highlighting information, equipment, supplies and success stories promoting the health and safety of workers both at home and the jobsite.