National Cleanup Workshop Spotlights EM’s Work to Build New Opportunities

ARLINGTON, Va. — Progress by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) to drive down risks and build new opportunities for communities and the nation takes center stage at this year’s National Cleanup Workshop.

Much of EM’s planned work for this year reduces risk and connects to broader DOE objectives that bring benefits to communities and the nation. The cleanup program is transforming liabilities into opportunities to unleash American energy, support national security and enable U.S. innovation and jobs.

Speakers and panelists at the 11th annual National Cleanup Workshop, set for Sept. 24-25 in Arlington, Virginia, will detail EM’s next phase of accomplishments and how the cleanup program supports a new era of America energy. Participants will highlight EM’s work to enable efficiency and drive innovation at Oak Ridge; a new phase for the Hanford Site cleanup; and a new vision for the Portsmouth, Ohio, and Paducah, Kentucky, sites. They also will focus on tackling EM waste challenges, and new energy and artificial intelligence infrastructure projects at DOE sites.

EM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Roger Jarrell and other members of the cleanup program’s leadership team are among the speakers scheduled for the event.

A growing list of federal representatives, industry officials and state and local leaders will also speak at the workshop, billed as the premier annual gathering to discuss progress in EM’s environmental cleanup of former government weapons sites and nuclear research facilities.

The workshop brings together senior DOE executives and other federal partners, officials from DOE sites, industry leaders, local elected officials, state officials, and other stakeholders. It’s hosted by the Energy Communities Alliance, in cooperation with the Energy Facility Contractors Group and EM.