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A new video released today by the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) captures cleanup progress by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) and its contractor as they highlight the halfway point in the demolition of the Main Plant Process Building.

A successful U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) collaboration is advancing progress toward processing non-aluminum spent nuclear fuel (NASNF) at the Savannah River Site (SRS).

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) has received a shipment of replacement centrifugal contactors for the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) at Savannah River Site (SRS), which should increase production at the facility by reducing the amount of downtime for maintenance.

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) leaders participated in a U.S. House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus event last week focused on how best to manage, deploy and use digital tools in the EM program to accelerate cleanup and strengthen worker safety.

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management team members at the Savannah River Site (SRS) recently replaced equipment essential to operations in the H Canyon chemical separations facility following more than six months of research, troubleshooting and coordination.

Hanford Site workers just finished draining the last large basin that used to hold uranium fuel rods from nuclear reactors. Crews pumped out nearly 1 million gallons of contaminated water from the K West Reactor basin.

Greg Sosson, associate principal deputy assistant secretary for field operations of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM), recently visited the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) to observe nuclear cleanup efforts and meet with federal and contractor employees.

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) contractor Idaho Environmental Coalition (IEC) is helping prevent wildland fires at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site.

Workers are upgrading and strengthening the framework of the Hanford Site’s local area network to continue supporting the cleanup mission for years to come.

Crews at the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant are using containers of test glass to hone their skills on operating equipment used to seal lids on containers that will be filled with immobilized waste.