Leadership News

The 2026 National Cleanup Workshop explored how the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s restoration and revitalization are helping power and secure the future.

This issue of the weekly EM Update focuses on the 12th National Cleanup Workshop, held Sept. 14-16 in Arlington, Virginia.

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management Senior Advisor Jim Kahler joined private sector partners on a National Cleanup Workshop panel to share insight on the thriving new energy developments taking root across EM sites.

Leaders from the nation’s gaseous diffusion plant complex participated in the “Enriching Communities – A Renewed Purpose for America’s GDP Complex” panel at the National Cleanup Workshop.

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management and Hanford Site leaders highlighted cleanup progress and the path forward during a panel discussion at the National Cleanup Workshop.

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management headquarters and field site officials joined Waste Isolation Pilot Plant and EM Los Alamos Field Office contractor leadership, a New Mexico Environment Department representative and Los Alamos County councilor for a National Cleanup Workshop panel titled, “All Roads Lead to WIPP: The Importance of Disposal to Cleanup.”

Leaders from the U.S. Department of Energy’s offices of Environmental Management and Nuclear Energy, Savannah River National Laboratory and the companies EnergySolutions and Orano discussed how government, industry and national laboratories can work together to advance recycling, strengthen domestic nuclear capabilities and tackle long-term waste challenges.

As Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management Tim Walsh kicked off the 12th National Cleanup Workshop today, he emphasized that the soon-to-be-named Office of Nuclear Restoration & Revitalization is conducting restoration projects with a sense of urgency and redeveloping former cleanup sites to bring tremendous impact to the local communities and the nation.

A member of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management leadership team recently meet with Yakama Nation elected leaders and staff to share EM’s vision to accelerate nuclear cleanup and hear tribal perspectives.

Under Secretary for Science Darío Gil and Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management Tim Walsh are among the U.S. Department of Energy officials set to address the 12th Annual National Cleanup Workshop Sept. 14–16 at the Marriott Crystal Gateway in Arlington, Virginia.