Nuclear News & Updates

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its primary cleanup contractor URS|CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR) are completing comprehensive remediation and final closure of a former pond at the East Tennessee Technology Park ...

RICHLAND, Wash. – EM Office of River Protection contractor Bechtel National Inc. this month energized the Balance of Facilities (BOF) switchgear building, Building 91, one of the more than 20 structures that make up the Balance of Facilities at the W...

RICHLAND, Wash. – Workers at the Hanford Site's Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) finished installing a caustic scrubber, beating an interim milestone by nearly two weeks.

AIKEN, S.C. – An international organization has recognized EM Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) Fellow Technical Advisor Michael Brisson for his leadership in establishing standards for air quality and nuclear fuel-cycle analysis.

RICHLAND, Wash. – Workers with Hanford Site contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company recently finished retrieving a total of 2,201 drums of waste from trenches in the 618-10 Burial Ground.

PHOENIX – EM, Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and United Kingdom nuclear cleanup organizations agreed to develop more tangible collaborative projects at their recent 16th Standing Committee Meeting at the 2017 Waste Management Symposia.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – EM and the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Agency (UKAEA) have agreed to further collaborate to develop and apply robotics to nuclear decommissioning tasks.

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PHOENIX – EM’s recent efforts to become a more field-centric organization are already reaping rewards, senior EM officials said here last week during a panel discussion at the 2017 Waste Management Symposium.