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...
PIKETON, Ohio – EM’s Portsmouth Site and cleanup contractor Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth (FBP) recently finished deactivating the first floor unit of the X-326 Gaseous Diffusion Process Building, a milestone in preparing the cell for demolition.
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – Oak Ridge’s EM program and contractor URS | CH2M (UCOR) completed characterization at the Y-12 National Security Complex’s...
NISKAYUNA, N.Y. – EM and contractor AECOM finished removing all process equipment and tanks from Building H2 at the Separations Process Research ...
RICHLAND, Wash. – Hanford Site crews expect to finish tearing down the Plutonium Reclamation Facility, a major building of the Plutonium Finishin...
RICHLAND, Wash. – EM’s Richland Operations Office and contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company designed and engineered a portable water-treatment system to help solve a one-of-a-kind problem at the Plutonium Finishing Plant.