A delegation of stakeholders in the cleanup program from Moab, Utah met with EM leadership last week to discuss the future of the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project.

Progress continues on a new utility shaft at EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) as shaft-sinking crews recently surpassed the midway point at 1,076 feet deep.

EM and its cleanup contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project have safely completed demolition of seven areas of the Main Plant Process Building after launching the project early last fall.

Founded by the National Society of Professional Engineers in 1951, National Engineers Week is dedicated to ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce by increasing understanding of and interest in engineering and technology careers.

Workers with EM Richland Operations Office contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) are making progress preparing the Hanford Site’s K West Reactor spent-fuel storage basin for draining and demolition.

The Transuranic Waste Processing Center (TWPC) recently shipped its first load of transuranic (TRU) waste for disposal since coming under the management of Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) cleanup contractor UCOR.

EM Richland Operations Office contractor Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) recently removed two large tanks near the Effluent Treatment Facility (ETF) on the Hanford Site to make way for future wastewater treatment at the ETF.

An aerial view of the Effluent Treatment Facility on the Hanford Site, where workers are completing the final upgrades needed for the Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste Program to treat tank waste.

Despite nationwide supply chain challenges brought by the coronavirus, an EM contractor at the DOE Idaho National Laboratory Site has found success relying on local and regional small businesses for goods and services.

EM recently collaborated with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) at the Savannah River Site (SRS) to successfully complete the first shipment of downblended surplus plutonium for permanent disposal from a new location at the site: K Area.