Deactivation & Decommissioning News
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March 30, 2017WEST VALLEY, N.Y. – EM’s West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) declared the Vitrification Facility demolition-ready on March 16, after years of decontamination and deactivation to remove a variety of hazards.Office of Environmental Management
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March 15, 2017RICHLAND, Wash. – The last stop of plutonium processing on the Hanford Site is now one significant step closer to demolition. EM’s Richland Operations Office contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CH2M) recently isolated the main process...Office of Environmental Management
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March 15, 2017OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – EM and its cleanup contractor at Oak Ridge are taking steps now to remove risks and help prepare excess facilities for eventual demolition at the Y-12 National Security Complex and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).Office of Environmental Management
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February 28, 2017OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) is advancing toward Vision 2020 — its goal to complete cleanup at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) by 2020 and continue transferring the remaining land to private i...Office of Environmental Management
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February 28, 2017RICHLAND, Wash. – Workers continue to transform the Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP) landscape as they tear down two of its four main facilities. ...Office of Environmental Management
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February 14, 2017OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) recently finished repairs to an aging Y-12 National Security Complex building as part of its excess contaminated facilities initiative to improve safety, reduce cleanup costs,...Office of Environmental Management
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February 14, 2017RICHLAND, Wash. – Risk reduction work is safely underway inside and outside the Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP) on the Hanford Site.Office of Environmental Management
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January 31, 2017OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) is improving safety and laying the foundation for cleanup and modernization at two DOE premiere science and national security sites through a new excess contaminated facilitie...Office of Environmental Management
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January 17, 2017RICHLAND, Wash. – The Hanford Site’s Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP) is coming down, building by building.Office of Environmental Management
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December 29, 2016RICHLAND, Wash. – Crews with EM Richland Operations Office contractor CH2M Plateau Remediation Company are removing the fourth floor of the six-story PRF after tearing down its top two floors.Office of Management