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The team at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant recently began renovating a critical piece of the underground repository’s infrastructure, mobilizing more than 2,100 feet below the Earth’s surface to overhaul a mammoth steel-framed bin known as the “salt pocket.”

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management has completed 75% of the Main Plant Process Building demolition at the West Valley Demonstration Project as its cleanup contractor at the site exceeds 1 million work hours without a lost-time illness or injury since April last year.

The Paducah Site is continuing its commitment to safety and security by bolstering collaboration with local law enforcement.

The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management and contractor UCOR continue making steady progress on the construction of the Mercury Treatment Facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex.

A small business specializing in technology solutions is learning how to navigate business with the federal government from world-class experts through the U.S. Department of Energy Mentor-Protégé Program at the DOE Office of Environmental Management‘s Savannah River Site.

Safety is the highest priority at the Portsmouth Site, and more than 1,000 federal and contractor team members there recently joined the local community to refresh their focus on this core value during the site’s annual Health and Safety Fair.

A U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management team is set to decommission and demolish a second submarine reactor prototype at the Idaho National Laboratory Site’s Naval Reactors Facility.

The Savannah River Site has achieved a milestone with more than 10 million gallons of liquid radioactive waste processed through the Salt Waste Processing Facility.

Federal and contractor officials, community leaders and top educators gathered last week for a roundtable event focused on ensuring the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management and its partners have the resources and infrastructure needed to support a robust, talented workforce in the years ahead.