Deactivation & Decommissioning (D&D) News

Workers with EM contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company are preparing to add structural support in Room 18 at the 324 Building at the Hanford Site to allow for the safe removal of contaminated soil under the building.
With Old Man Winter knocking at the door, EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) is preparing the Hanford Site’s 324 Building to continue important risk-reduction work as the weather turns colder.
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