Annual Priority Updates

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Thanks to their safe and successful cleanup work in 2025, the Portsmouth and Paducah sites demonstrated the strong role the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management plays in advancing American energy dominance and innovation. December 23, 2025
In 2025, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office and its contractor achieved substantial progress in the legacy cleanup mission underway at Los Alamos National Laboratory matched by strong safety performance, federal and contractor leaders said here last week. December 23, 2025
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The U.S. Department of Energy Environmental Management Nevada Program recently completed drilling of two new groundwater monitoring wells and deepened a third at the Nevada National Security Site. December 16, 2025
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The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management and contractor Isotek Systems met a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management 2025 priority to process 50 canisters of the radioactive material uranium-233 for shipment and disposal three months ahead of schedule. September 30, 2025
DOE Environmental Management News Flash
As the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management addresses the legacy of the past, it has incredible opportunities to be part of what’s been dubbed Manhattan Project 2.0, a strong vision for the future focused on winning the global artificial intelligence race and ushering in a nuclear renaissance to fuel it, acting EM Assistant Secretary Joel Bradburne said in the keynote address at the 2025 National Cleanup Workshop.