Nuclear News & Updates

The Hanford Site Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) team last week poured the first batches of glass forming beads, called frit, into a melter heated to 2,100 degrees Fahrenheit.

EM has marked a major achievement in the effort to expand interim storage of canisters of vitrified high-level waste at the Savannah River Site (SRS) while saving taxpayer dollars.

In just a few years, an intern has taken his interest in computer science to the next level in the EM program supporting contractors at DOE's Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site with virtual reality and other technologies.

It’s been said that during an emergency, you always fall back on your training.

Nuclear weapons and commercial nuclear reactors are completely different in four key ways. Here's how.

The skyline of the West Valley Demonstration Project is forever changed after EM crews recently removed the remaining portion of the Main Plant Process Building’s iconic ventilation stack.

Crews with EM Richland Operations Office contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company have placed the final protective layer in Trench 31, a waste-disposal trench near the center of the Hanford Site.

Nearly 50 high-performing, qualifying interns from an EM contractor’s paid summer internship program were recently offered a chance to turn full service during the annual “Signing Day” event held at the Savannah River Site (SRS).