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Deputy Energy Secretary David M. Turk and EM Senior Advisor William “Ike” White toured DOE facilities and the Aiken County Technology Laboratory during a visit to the Savannah River Site Dec. 2-3.

The environment at DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site and underlying Snake River Plain Aquifer are considerably safer today following 30 years of cleanup in compliance with state and federal regulations.

EM is moving forward with full-scale deactivation of an unused, deteriorating facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex at Oak Ridge after workers successfully isolated potentially hazardous energy sources inside the building.

The EM Nevada Program has earned a key regulatory approval necessary to advance its groundwater environmental corrective mission at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS).

EM Office of River Protection (ORP) tank operations contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) recently reached a major safety milestone, surpassing 8.3 million work hours.

EM is set to complete the 69th building demolition at the West Valley Demonstration Project early next year when crews finish knocking down the last structure standing that supported operations at the former Main Plant Process Building.

The Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant team recently reached a historic milestone when its first crew of commissioning technicians became fully qualified control room operators.

Net-zero is a lofty goal, but it is achievable as long as we continue to leverage our existing clean energy assets while we work to deploy new one with the help of the Civil Nuclear Credit program established by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

COP26 was an important waypoint for shoring up commitments for fast action and launching new initiatives that will help move the world closer to our global climate goals.

On Oct. 1, 2021, EM completed demolition of the final 18 DOE-owned buildings at the Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC) site in Ventura County, California.