Safety News

Advancements in technology research and development (R&D) enable EM to continue making steady progress in cleaning up sites in communities that supported U.S. defense efforts over the decades, EM Senior Advisor William “Ike” White told Congress on July 13

EM and its cleanup contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) are employing an innovative method to tackle groundwater cleanup at a former coal-fired power plant in D Area at the site.

The Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce recently presented a “Business on a Roll Award” to the team responsible for information technology services, cybersecurity and records management at the Hanford Site.

The Savannah River Site’s (SRS) Environmental Monitoring Program has become the framework for a new nationally applied nuclear industry standard.

EM’s onsite engineered disposal facility for low-level radioactive waste generated by environmental cleanup projects in Oak Ridge recently celebrated 20 years of safe and compliant waste disposal operations.

A massive steel structure is rising more than 120 feet above the semiarid landscape of southeastern Washington, with construction well underway on the protective enclosure.

Hefty equipment passes over the Haul Road bridge in Oak Ridge. Its dark red metal stands out against the lush green East Tennessee hills.

A robotic arm, deployed by EM contractor Washington River Protection Solutions workers, sands, repaints and applies a fresh waterproof coating to repair a valve pit’s torn liner at the Hanford Site.

Kentucky’s governor recently awarded two prime contractors for EM’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) the state’s top safety and health award.

Over the past 24 years and spanning three liquid waste contractors, EM’s construction team at the Savannah River Site (SRS) has achieved 35 million safe hours without injury resulting in a missed day of work.