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November 7, 2023EM’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) sites in Portsmouth, Ohio, and Paducah, Kentucky, recently completed another successful public-tour season boosted by an influx of visitors from across the country.Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office
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Success StoryNovember 7, 2023Centrus Energy Corp has produced the nation’s first 20 kilograms of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) — a crucial material required by many advanced reactor technologies.Office of Nuclear Energy
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November 2, 2023The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy wrapped up the first-ever U.S.-Africa Nuclear Energy Summit (USANES) in Ghana, where participants from across the continent discussed the future of nuclear power.Office of Nuclear Energy
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October 31, 2023Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project successfully relocating another 1 million tons of uranium mill tailings away from the Colorado River, bringing the cumulative total to 14 million tons permanently disposed.Office of Environmental Management
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October 31, 2023A former EM assistant secretary who recently retired from the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) was honored by Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm with an award for distinguished service for her dedicated service to the Department and nation.Office of Environmental Management
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October 31, 2023The EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) successfully completed several key legacy cleanup accomplishments in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, including meeting all regulatory milestones, exceeding transuranic (TRU) waste shipment goals and wrapping up fieOffice of Environmental Management
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October 31, 2023EM’s steady work removing old, contaminated structures at Oak Ridge is paving the way for new uses of land, including a site where the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) recently hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for its new Lithium ProcessingOffice of Environmental Management
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October 31, 2023A drone outfitted with radiation detectors recently underwent testing at the Portsmouth Site for potential future use as part of growing collaboration between EM and the state of Ohio.Office of Environmental Management
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October 31, 2023Crews with the EM Office of River Protection at the Hanford Site have completed construction of a 144,100-square-foot interim surface barrier over a group of underground waste-storage tanks.Office of Environmental Management
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Press ReleasesOctober 26, 2023The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s (EM) Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project has achieved another cleanup milestone by safely shipping millions of tons of uranium mill tailings from the Moab, Utah, site.Moab UMTRA Project