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The Idaho Cleanup Project has improved transuranic waste operations to address waste inventory challenges, ensure shipments remain compliant with safety standards and meet commitments to the state of Idaho.

New and returning members of the Hanford Advisory Board (HAB) recently toured several Hanford Site facilities, including a full-size mock-up of a single-shell waste-storage tank at the site’s Cold Test Facility.

Idaho Cleanup Project crews have achieved a significant priority set by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management by treating 100,000 cumulative gallons of radioactive sodium-bearing tank waste at the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit this year.

The Hanford Site recently hit 2 billion gallons of contaminated groundwater treated in 2024, meeting a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management priority for the year nearly two months early.

A research team from Duke University’s Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability recently visited Aiken for a firsthand view of the nuclear industry and history of the Savannah River Site.

The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management and its contractor UCOR have kicked off the second phase of demolition at the Alpha-2 complex at the Y-12 National Security Complex, starting with teardown of the largest structure yet at the complex.

Dozens of people from federal and state agencies and Hanford Site contractors recently gathered to celebrate completing the last of 77 environmental permits needed to start treating waste from Hanford’s large underground tanks.

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s Portsmouth Paducah Project Office sites recently completed another successful public tour season boosted by an influx of visitors from across the country.

Nearly 60 eighth graders from area schools gathered for a unique event put on by the Savannah River Site to inspire the next generation of female engineers and science, technology, engineering and math leaders.

Cleanup progress at the Hanford Site generates interest around the world. That’s why the Hanford Field Office and tank operations contractor Washington River Protection Solutions recently hosted a site tour for representatives from Washington state’s agriculture industry.