April 23, 2024
Converter Downsizing Picks Up Speed as Paducah Prepares for C-333 Demolition
A U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) team at the Paducah Site has met a goal to increase the efficiency of equipment removal and downsizing at the C-333 Process Building by 80% from an initial startup plan.
April 16, 2024
Crews Demolish Support Area Near Former Hanford Processing Facility
Crews at the Hanford Site are reducing risk at the Plutonium Uranium Extraction Plant (PUREX), one of the site’s five former chemical separations facilities.
April 16, 2024
West Valley Workers Pull ‘Green Giant’ From Main Plant
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) crews safely removed a massive piece of equipment known as the “Green Giant” from a facility being demolished at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP).
April 9, 2024
DOE Names Portsmouth’s Jud Lilly 2023 Federal Project Director of the Year
Jud Lilly of the EM Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) received the 2023 Federal Project Director of the Year Award at DOE’s Project Management Workshop in Washington, D.C., last week.
March 12, 2024
New Strategic Vision ‘Charts a Steady Beat of Progress’ Across EM Complex
On March 12, 2024, EM released its Strategic Vision 2024-2034, a blueprint to the program’s anticipated cleanup achievements over the next decade.
March 5, 2024
Oak Ridge Readies for Next Demolition Project at ORNL
EM team members are priming three support facilities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for teardown in the near future.
February 27, 2024
Idaho Demolition Project Reaches Toward Recycling, Sustainability Goals
EM is achieving its environmental and sustainability goals as it demolishes two legacy nuclear reactors at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site.
February 27, 2024
Hybrid Excavators and More: Oak Ridge's Ambitious Pursuits in Sustainability
Developing more sustainable ways to perform work is a continuous focus on DOE’s Oak Ridge Reservation. The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR made major contributions to help EM reach last year’s goal to bring at least 150 electric vehicles to the cleanup program’s fleet.
February 27, 2024
West Valley Crews Safely Demolish Former Waste Packaging Area
An EM team safely demolished a structure at West Valley Demonstration Project used during former spent nuclear fuel reprocessing operations as well as cleanup, including solidification of liquid high-level waste and deactivation of one of the last major facilities remaining at the site.
February 20, 2024
Crews Remove Contaminated Glove Box From Historic Hanford Facility
Crews with EM Hanford Site contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company recently removed a large glove box from the 231-Z Building, a critical step to prepare one of the site’s oldest facilities for demolition.