Safety News

Daily cost saving measures continue to provide EM’s Paducah Site with a brighter future.

It’s been a long pull to upgrade the backbone of the communications system at EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).

As any sports fan can attest, achieving greatness takes more than just a team full of star players. Experienced coaches need to design the plays and guide them to success.

Snow, ice and bitter cold conditions did not deter crews performing important infrastructure upgrades on the Hanford Site this winter.

EM crews at Oak Ridge recently devised innovative approaches to enable deactivation and demolition of the final portion of the former Radioisotope Development Laboratory.

EM recently installed equipment at the Savannah River Site (SRS) that ensures continued safe shipment of transuranic (TRU) waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) for disposal.

EM and its contractors like to keep their ears open in the local area for small businesses that can help address unexpected problems, especially during the pandemic.

Workers with EM Richland Operations Office contractors Central Plateau Cleanup Company and Hanford Mission Integration Solutions recently teamed to remove three 50-foot-tall exhaust stacks near the Columbia River, further transforming the Hanford Site.

EM crews have successfully completed a complex project that protects cultural and ecological resources throughout the Los Alamos National Laboratory site while enabling more thorough monitoring and characterization of a contaminant plume in groundwater.

EM is upgrading a historic reactor at Oak Ridge to keep the facility in a safe mode until its demolition is scheduled.