Deactivation & Decommissioning News

EM completed an important step in cleanup activities at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) when crews on Oct. 1 finished the safe demolition of the final DOE-owned buildings

Crews are getting ready to deactivate the final hot cell of the former Radioisotope Development Laboratory at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in advance of demolishing the structure.

Like the gold at Fort Knox and the Hope Diamond, Hanford’s “valuables” were once housed in one of the most secure facilities in the nation.

EM’s West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) and cleanup contractor CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley (CHBWV) have released two videos related to the planned demolition of the Main Plant Process Building.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has completed safe demolition of the final DOE-owned buildings at the Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC), located northwest of Los Angeles, California.

EM was integral to a federal-state cleanup team honored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week for revitalizing a former nuclear weapon production plant into a wildlife refuge that provides recreational opportunities.

EM and the management and operations contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) have torn down a large industrial cooling tower built in 1952, part of more than 85,000 cubic feet of waste and scrap material removed from the site’s D Area complex.

EM workers are in various stages of deactivation and demolition preparation inside 23 facilities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12).

Recruiting the next generation of organized labor in the skilled trades is vital to EM’s important mission.

The West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) is altering a former storage facility for use in processing waste during the demolition of the Main Plant Process Building.