EM News

Representatives from the Department of Energy (DOE), in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Washington State Department of Ecology, hosted the fiscal year 2026 Hanford Site Cleanup Priorities public briefing on March 6 at the Richland Public Library.

EM’s liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) is educating workers on everyday workplace hazards with a hands-on, peer-led mobile field course.

Valley High School Team 2 recently captured first place in the 12th annual DOE South Central Ohio Regional Science Bowl, marking the second time in the last three years the school has won the event. With the victory, the team advances to the National Science Bowl competition held in Washington, D.C., April 25-29.

More than 40 engineers from the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) recently volunteered at 13 schools for DiscoverE Engineering’s National Engineers Week.

The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR have initiated the second phase of construction for the Environmental Management Disposal Facility (EMDF).

EM’s cleanup contractor at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site has partnered with an Idaho Falls-based small business through DOE’s Mentor-Protégé Program.

On March 12, 2024, EM released its Strategic Vision 2024-2034, a blueprint to the program’s anticipated cleanup achievements over the next decade.

DOE issued a request for qualification related to the Cleanup to Clean Energy initiative to identify and evaluate qualified clean energy developers interested in leasing DOE-owned land for solar-powered commercial clean energy projects within the 310-square-mile Savannah River Site (SRS) located in Aiken, South Carolina.

DOE EM awarded $27.3 million to research and development to accelerate the Hanford's tank waste cleanup mission to fund 13 projects led by six national laboratories.