EM News

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho – EM’s Idaho Site is preparing to retrieve and transfer radioactive waste as part of a larger project needed to meet a milestone in a legal agreement with the state.

MIAMI – EM is joining federal agencies, national research laboratories, industry and academia for a seminar to explore integrating robotic systems into hazardous work environments to help workers accomplish high-risk tasks.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho – A University of Maryland research reactor will continue operating as a result of a collaboration with EM's Idaho Site.

AIKEN, S.C. – At the onset of the Cold War, “Site Number 5” in South Carolina was one of 114 locations in the U.S. considered for the product...

RICHLAND, Wash. – The 324 Building is one of the last buildings remaining in the Hanford Site’s 300 Area, where workers fabricated fuel rods and conducted research to support plutonium production.

EM’s Richland Operations Office coordinated a project management training with its contractor Mission Support Alliance, PNNL, the Nez Perce Tribe, the Wanapum Band and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.

TOWSON, Md. – EM Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Resource Management Melody Bell represented DOE at the Towson University Environmental Conference earlier this month.

VIENNA – DOE Fellow Christine Wipfli recently returned from a one-year internship with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

RICHLAND, Wash. – Leaders from federal and state agencies overseeing the Hanford Site cleanup hosted a virtual public meeting on April 12 called Hanford Live.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Officials with EM and other DOE missions highlighted their partnerships to clean up sites and manage and dispose of wastes at an event for the House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus on April 5.