Deactivation & Decommissioning News

EM Assistant Secretary Anne White says she is driving the environmental cleanup program forward toward a vision of getting work accomplished safely.

Workers recently removed an estimated 20,000-pound ventilation stack from the Main Plant Process Building at EM’s WVDP Site.

Federal and contractor officials and community members stressed the critical role of partnerships as EM reduces risks to people and the environment.

EM workers at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) completed demolition of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Incinerator.

Workers are re-purposing thousands of tons of asphalt milled up from decades-old roads to resurface well-traveled gravel site arteries.

First-person account by EM Asst Secretary Anne White on her trip to Japan, attending the U.S.-Japan Bilateral Commission on Civil Nuclear Cooperation.

Crews successfully removed a steel penthouse structure from atop the Vitrification Facility earlier this month at the WVDP site.

EM is upgrading the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) site rail spur to allow for greater efficiency in shipping waste offsite.

EM’s SRNL & FIU are teaming to examine a range of fixative & coating materials that could be a major improvement to stabilize residual contamination.

EM Richland Operations Office contractor CHPRC and parent company Jacobs Engineering are set to conduct a final assessment Aug. 13-23.