From Our Blogs

Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) contractor UCOR recently transitioned to a new waste tracking system that improves how shipments are tracked from work sites to disposal locations.

With Old Man Winter knocking at the door, EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) is preparing the Hanford Site’s 324 Building to continue important risk-reduction work as the weather turns colder.

As increasingly severe storms threaten our critical electric infrastructure across the nation, investing in transformer infrastructure upgrades are vital to improve the resilience of the grid.

JW Marriot achieved 7.8% energy performance improvement over three years, saved $221,551 in energy costs, and reduced carbon dioxide emissions by 725.43 metric tons.

EM’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project recently accomplished an EM 2021 priority by successfully relocating another million tons of uranium mill tailings away from the Colorado River.

EM has authorized the use of a second mega-volume saltstone disposal unit (SDU) at Savannah River Site (SRS) after the project was completed ahead of schedule and under cost.

Mark Gilbertson is retiring at the end of October after more than 40 years of private and public sector service, including more than 25 years in leadership positions in EM.

Record-breaking heat and the sheer size of the job could not stop the EM Office of River Protection and its tank operations contractor from safely completing a construction project critical to the Hanford Site’s Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste Program.

The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its contractor Isotek successfully completed processing and disposing the low-dose inventory of uranium (U)-233 stored at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) this month.

As part of a continuing commitment to public involvement, EM leaders at the Hanford Site are engaging the public to help shape cleanup priorities in the site’s 5-Year Plan.