From the Blog

EM was integral to a federal-state cleanup team honored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week for revitalizing a former nuclear weapon production plant into a wildlife refuge that provides recreational opportunities.

EM Acting Assistant Secretary William "Ike" White outlined EM successes from this year and shared his vision for the future of the cleanup program during an address last week to the Energy Communities Alliance.

An important part of EM’s role in managing the Hanford Site during cleanup is conserving natural resources, including protecting the diverse range of species found on the desert landscape.

EM and the management and operations contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) have torn down a large industrial cooling tower built in 1952, part of more than 85,000 cubic feet of waste and scrap material removed from the site’s D Area complex.

More than 1,250 students who visited the Idaho Falls Zoo in 2021 were treated to a bonus: the opportunity to learn more about science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM).

EM workers are in various stages of deactivation and demolition preparation inside 23 facilities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12).

EM has created a new program in the liquid waste contract at the Savannah River Site (SRS) to simplify the process of transitioning engineering interns into new hires.

Workers have finished installing another surface barrier above a group of large underground waste storage tanks at the Hanford Site. The gravel & asphalt barriers help protect groundwater by diverting water from rain, snow, sleet, or hail to a lined basin

The researchers found a way to demonstrate both the desired hallmarks-habituation and sensitization-in nickel oxide, a quantum material.

New research lays out the chemical steps used by a naturally occurring enzyme to convert a common chemical compound into ethylene.