From the Blog

Deputy Energy Secretary David Turk made his first trip to the Hanford Site on June 28, visiting a number of cleanup projects with EM Senior Advisor William “Ike” White.

Northwest Indian College (NWIC) of Bellingham, Washington, will be awarded a grant of up to $5 million to train future scientists and engineers through EM’s recently expanded Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program (MSIPP).

DOE has approved a new plan that will accelerate the disposition of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) at the Savannah River Site (SRS) by more than 20 years and result in a savings of more than $4 billion dollars.

Crews have launched an unmanned aircraft system drone program at the Hanford Site, offering a new capability to improve operating processes in the field.

EM employees highlighted cleanup progress across the DOE Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site during a June 28 tour for representatives of the Shoshone Bannock (Sho-Ban) Tribes.

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.

Proper training is crucial in the nuclear field to maintain worker safety and ensure work is performed according to procedures.

Boopathy Kombaiah is a staff scientist in the Characterization and Advanced Post-Irradiation Examination Group at Idaho National Laboratory .

Hunter Presley will work on the upgrade, installation, and operation of the polarized 3He target in experimental Hall A at Jefferson Laboratory.

Pitt and Princeton engineers discover spontaneous intertwining of 2D polymer sheets into self-rotating 3D “dancing” spirals.