EM News

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) recently finished repairs to an aging Y-12 National Security Complex building as part of its excess contaminated facilities initiative to improve safety, reduce cleanup costs,...

AIKEN, S.C. – EM made significant progress reducing risk to workers and the environment by removing residual nuclear materials in several facilities in the Savannah River Site (SRS) F Area.

RICHLAND, Wash. – Risk reduction work is safely underway inside and outside the Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP) on the Hanford Site.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho – Work underway at a Colorado research facility to resolve technical challenges at the Idaho Site’s Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) is paying substantial dividends, with more to come.

AIKEN, S.C. – The largest collection of hot cells in the DOE complex is old enough to retire, but an ongoing renovation project will make sure it...

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – EM’s Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) and contractor Los Alamos National Security (LANS) recently developed a safer and more effective solution to collect groundwater samples for the chromium project at Los Alamos National Laborat...

AIKEN, S.C. – Researchers from Florida International University (FIU) are set to return to the Savannah River Site (SRS) to help EM determine the disposition of a local watershed’s contaminated areas.

RICHLAND, Wash. – Hanford Site tank farm employees will now benefit from a new physiological measurement program that improves safety.

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) is improving safety and laying the foundation for cleanup and modernization at two DOE premiere science and national security sites through a new excess contaminated facilitie...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – EM is taking steps to link the capabilities of DOE national laboratories supporting the agency’s nuclear cleanup mission.