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Just over 400 legacy transuranic waste containers remain at the Savannah River Site after workers there have sent more than 35,000 of them to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico for disposal since the underground repository opened in 1999.

The Paducah Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride project team has marked a milestone by successfully fabricating valves from old equipment and installing them on 137 specialized cylinders.

Contractors at the Hanford Site have teamed up to launch a new ordering system that speeds up supply requests while improving security and efficiency.

The Savannah River Site continues to demonstrate its commitment to environmental stewardship by ramping up recycling efforts, resulting in substantial reductions in waste and cost savings.

Cleanup crews transferred more than 20,000 gallons of radioactive liquid waste to reduce the environmental footprint of three underground waste tanks at the Idaho National Laboratory Site.

Crews recently installed a new treatment tower at the Hanford Site, giving a major boost to a groundwater cleanup effort that processes billions of gallons of contaminated water each year.

The U.S. Small Business Administration recently honored a Savannah River Site contractor with the prestigious 2025 Dwight D. Eisenhower Award for Excellence in Services for its small business programs.

High school students in Ohio and Kentucky, local universities and the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management Portsmouth Paducah Project Office collaborated to develop and publish this year’s Student Summary of the Annual Site Environmental Report.

The Savannah River Site has improved workflow by creating a buffer area for radioactive waste transferred between two critical waste processing facilities.

The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management’s successful cleanup of a former uranium enrichment complex continues to boost economic development opportunities for the region.