Deactivation & Decommissioning News

The Hanford Site is focused on key infrastructure needs to ensure it is well-prepared for the future.

– EM’s West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) Site has finished installing a protective cover over the Vitrification Facility site.

EM and cleanup contractor AECOM have marked a major milestone with the removal of all buildings, foundations, and debris at the Separations Process.

Demolition of the largest facility still standing at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) is underway.

EM and cleanup contractor UCOR are demolishing the portals that once controlled access to the former Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant.

EM crews this month began a $4.7 million project that will reduce maintenance and operations costs at ORNL's Molten Salt Reactor Experiment.

Two EM sites have saved more than $1.8 million by sharing heavy-duty equipment for large demolition activities, and the savings continue to grow.

Hanford Site workers developed an innovative tool to remotely explore and sample potentially hazardous areas of a former nuclear processing facility.

EM crews recently demolished two of seven facilities that supported past vitrification operations at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP).

Workers have cleaned up legacy materials in the C-400 Cleaning Building at EM’s Paducah Site.