Deactivation & Decommissioning News

EM workers continue to reduce risks and prepare to deactivate the Main Plant Process Building (MPPB) for what will be the West Valley Demonstration Project’s (WVDP) most complex demolition since crews knocked down the Vitrification Facility in 2018.

DOE remains committed to the communities near EM sites by developing and delivering solutions to cleanup challenges around the DOE complex.

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.

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

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.

EM is set to complete the 69th building demolition at the West Valley Demonstration Project early next year when crews finish knocking down the last structure standing that supported operations at the former Main Plant Process Building.

On Oct. 1, 2021, EM completed demolition of the final 18 DOE-owned buildings at the Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC) site in Ventura County, California.

EM’s Paducah Site is constructing a key facility in the cleanup of the former gaseous diffusion plant.

EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) has awarded a subcontract worth about $3.3 million to Kennewick, Washington-based Apollo Mechanical to advance important risk-reduction work.

DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) completed the ambitious goals laid out for the site in EM’s 2021 priorities.