Deactivation & Decommissioning News

Idaho Cleanup Project crews have achieved a significant milestone in the deactivation and demolition of the defueled Submarine 1st Generation Westinghouse naval nuclear propulsion prototype reactor plant,

Cleanup crews recently removed the first transite panel from X-333 to prepare for the demolition of the second of three former uranium enrichment process buildings at the Portsmouth Site.

Crews with the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management and contractor UCOR make headway preparing for the next major demolition project at the Y-12 National Security Complex.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) notched a significant cleanup achievement after crews finished characterizing all 21 hot cells at a Cold War facility.

The Idaho Cleanup Project has logged a series of performance and cost efficiency victories, allowing it to reinvest associated savings into more cleanup work.

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management crews at the West Valley Demonstration Project have safely removed a concrete cell used during legacy nuclear fuel reprocessing operations as they continue progress on the Main Plant Process Building demolition.

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management is preparing to remove a building slab at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

After successfully completing their mission in one of the largest demolition projects in Idaho National Laboratory Site history, members of the Idaho Cleanup Project workforce are being trained for other cleanup work at the site.

Sometimes major cleanup projects require some, well, post-cleanup cleanup.

X-330, the last of three former uranium enrichment process buildings set for demolition at the Portsmouth Site, received a new roof to prepare the building for deactivation, a necessary step before its teardown.