Workers began demolishing the Poplar Creek facilities this month, bringing Oak Ridge’s EM program closer to completing major cleanup at ETTP by 2020.
Workers used explosives to safely demolish the Plutonium Finishing Plant’s (PFP) 200-foot-tall ventilation stack on July 15, 2017.
The skyline will soon change at the Hanford Site’s Plutonium Finishing Plant.
Field work and cleanup at the East Tennessee Technology Park’s K-732 Switchyard are scheduled to be completed this month.
Hanford Site workers recently shut off the PFP ventilation system, moving the main processing facility closer to demolition this summer.
Hanford Site workers removed waste from the 324 Building’s airlock so they can eventually clear out contaminated soil from beneath the building.
NISKAYUNA, N.Y. – Peter Keenan is part of a team that helps ensure the safety of workers demolishing contaminated facilities at EM’s Separations Process Research Unit (SPRU) nuclear facility.
RICHLAND, Wash. – Workers are preparing for a challenging phase of the Hanford Site’s Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP) demolition: continuing th...
MIAMI – EM’s robotics needs and opportunities were part of a broader discussion on integrating such systems into hazardous work environments at a two-day seminar earlier his month.
AIKEN, S.C. – The Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) is using virtual reality technology to improve the reactor deactivation and decommissioning (D&D) process. This innovative approach is being used to close the dormant C Reactor at EM’s Sav...