From the Blog

Crews at the Idaho National Laboratory Site recently completed the single largest demolition project in Idaho Cleanup Project history three months ahead of schedule and under budget.

The numbers are in, and the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management shipped the largest volume of its transuranic waste for disposal from the Savannah River Site in a decade during the past fiscal year ending Sept. 30.

In honor of Veterans Day on Nov. 11, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management is highlighting veterans who have transitioned from the military to civilian service in the cleanup program.

The team at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant recently began renovating a critical piece of the underground repository’s infrastructure, mobilizing more than 2,100 feet below the Earth’s surface to overhaul a mammoth steel-framed bin known as the “salt pocket.”

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management has completed 75% of the Main Plant Process Building demolition at the West Valley Demonstration Project as its cleanup contractor at the site exceeds 1 million work hours without a lost-time illness or injury since April last year.

The Paducah Site is continuing its commitment to safety and security by bolstering collaboration with local law enforcement.

The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management and contractor UCOR continue making steady progress on the construction of the Mercury Treatment Facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex.

A small business specializing in technology solutions is learning how to navigate business with the federal government from world-class experts through the U.S. Department of Energy Mentor-Protégé Program at the DOE Office of Environmental Management‘s Savannah River Site.

Safety is the highest priority at the Portsmouth Site, and more than 1,000 federal and contractor team members there recently joined the local community to refresh their focus on this core value during the site’s annual Health and Safety Fair.

The world’s clean energy future just got another jolt. U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and high-level leaders recently came together to report on our momentum and to chart the way forward at the CEM5/MI-7, alongside the G20.