From Our Blogs

EM contractor employees at the Savannah River Site (SRS) are preparing for an upcoming campaign to dissolve stainless-steel-clad spent nuclear fuel by installing a new dissolver and an additional double-sized tank for dissolved material storage.

EM has reduced the amount of time to qualify a salt waste batch at the Savannah River Site (SRS), enabling a steady stream of the material to the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF).

Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant Analytical Laboratory team has completed a commissioning test of a high-efficiency particulate air filtration system that uses a new filter design that exceeds nuclear industry standards and requirements.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) welcomes the 2021 MLEF class of undergraduate and graduate students this summer.

A modernized electricity grid is a critical component to increasing resiliency in our most essential services and infrastructure.

EM crews have completed demolition on Building 9207, the largest and final building in the former Biology Complex at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge.

EM’s Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) has successfully processed more than 1 million gallons of radioactive waste at Savannah River Site (SRS) since the first-of-a-kind facility began processing the legacy material in October 2020.

EM’s Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System (SSCVS) at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is rising from the desert.

Teamwork between EM Office of River Protection contractors at the Hanford Site will ensure legacy tank waste is ready for treatment and vitrification.

A wide range of employees recently contributed to the success of an emergency response exercise on the Hanford Site, reacting to a scenario that included contamination and a take-cover alert.