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Efforts to retain and recruit skilled construction trade workers took a major step forward with the signing of a project labor agreement between Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management contractor UCOR and North America’s Building Trades Unions.

Women’s History Month Spotlight: D’Ziana (Zena) Barnett, Defense Nuclear Security

The senior advisor at EM’s Idaho National Laboratory Site said there are people who don’t want to fill out applications or sign up for events like the panel session they participated in at the 2024 Waste Management Symposia focusing on EM's Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program (MSIPP) and advancing a sustainable, diverse science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) pipeline.

The Women Leaders in Nuclear Panel at the 2024 Waste Management Symposia last week took a different approach than previous years by featuring a keynote speaker from outside the nuclear industry

As EM continues to advance the legacy cleanup mission underway at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), a key focus is instilling a strong culture of operational excellence and effective communication, EM and contractor representatives said here last week.

Open your mind to all the possibilities, says NNSA's Novella Bridges, a radiochemist (and former basketball ref). Once a reluctant convert to the world of nuclear security, this plutonium expert now finds it exciting.

Anna Pluff and Polly Keim have joined the CSIS Nuclear Scholars Program.

Forty engineers at the Savannah River Site (SRS) recently helped 1,484 area middle school students explore engineering with 72 hands-on activities.

Black History Month helps Adina Young think about how strong her ancestors were, which helps her stay centered and focused on her goals.

Read about Warren "Pete" Miller's remarkable life and career in nuclear, from his childhood friendship with Emmett Till to his support for groundbreaking research on small modular reactors as assistant secretary for nuclear energy.