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EM recently completed demolition of the final DOE-owned buildings at the Energy Technology Engineering Center northwest of Los Angeles, California. The final building to be torn down, with the assistance of shaped charges, was the Sodium Pump Test Facility, shown, used for testing large pumps for liquid sodium during site operations that ended in the late 1980s.
EM completed an important step in cleanup activities at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) when crews on Oct. 1 finished the safe demolition of the final DOE-owned buildings
On Oct. 1, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) completed demolition of the final DOE-owned buildings at the Energy Technology Engineering Center northwest of Los Angeles, California.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has completed safe demolition of the final DOE-owned buildings at the Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC), located northwest of Los Angeles, California.
From left, EM Acting Chief of Staff Erik Olds, Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) Deputy Manager Joel Bradburne, EM Acting Assistant Secretary William “Ike” White, PPPO Manager Robert Edwards, DOE Associate Under Secretary for Environment, Health, Safety and Security Matthew Moury, and Portsmouth Site Lead Jeff Bettinger stand in front of the X-326 Process Building under demolition.
EM Acting Assistant Secretary William “Ike” White visited the Portsmouth Site last month to get a firsthand look at demolition and disposal progress as part of the ongoing decontamination and decommissioning of the site.