EM’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) sites in Portsmouth, Ohio and Paducah, Kentucky recently wrapped up their 2022 public tour campaigns, which garnered high interest from the public.
Just over a year after breaking ground, crews recently completed construction of a protective enclosure, or “cocoon,” around another former plutonium production reactor at the Hanford Site, leaving only one more to go.
EM crews at the West Valley Demonstration Project have marked progress in the demolition of the Main Plant Process Building by successfully deconstructing a concrete block structure on the facility’s third floor.
EM crews recently demolished the first of the remaining structures over the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site’s Cold War-era landfill following the completion of targeted buried radioactive waste retrieval there earlier this year.
Just over a year after breaking ground, crews recently completed construction of a protective enclosure, or “cocoon,” around another former plutonium production reactor at the Hanford Site, leaving only one more to go.
At long last, Panel 7 at EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is full.
EM’s Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) recently took the first step toward achieving an end state for a Cold War-era landfill where crews have completed cleanup.
EM and its cleanup contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) have successfully shipped the first 12 containers of waste from the demolition of the Main Plant Process Building by rail to a disposal facility.
EM Office of River Protection (ORP) tank operations contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) is ready to begin assembling additional melters to support the Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste (DFLAW) Program at the Hanford Site.
EM contractor Isotek began processing the remaining inventory of uranium (U)-233 stored at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) last week, attaining a 2022 priority for the cleanup program.