
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) and its cleanup contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project recently notched an annual cleanup priority ahead of schedule for a second consecutive year

Latest Oak Ridge cleanup achievement represents important advancement for largest deactivation projects at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) crews have demolished one of the biggest buildings at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site, and two more structures are set to come down before the year’s end.

A new video released today by the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) captures cleanup progress by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) and its contractor as they highlight the halfway point in the demolition of the Main Plant Process Building.

Joshua Vajda, an employee of Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) contractor UCOR, recently earned a top honor from the American Nuclear Society for contributions that benefit U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) sites nationwide.

Crews with the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) recently removed a large steel bridge crane from the Chemical Process Cell Crane Room as part of the ongoing demolition of the Main Plant Process Building at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP).

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management crews recently demolished another steel-framed, fabric-covered building at the Radioactive Waste Management Complex’s Subsurface Disposal Area at the Idaho National Laboratory Site. Just three buildings remain on the 97-acre Cold War-era landfill, following removal of this former waste storage building.

Portsmouth Site crews relied on detailed planning, collaboration and teamwork to successfully complete the characterization activities in the X-333 Process Building, which is slated for demolition early next year.
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) crews are working to safely demolish the largest remaining structure used in a project to retrieve targeted buried waste at a Cold War-era landfill at the Idaho National Laboratory Site.

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) crews at Oak Ridge are moving closer toward completing the first-ever demolition of a former uranium enrichment facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex as crews reroute utilities around the structure.