EM News Archive

The Department of Energy today announced the award of the Outfall 200 Mercury Treatment Facility contract to APTIM-North Wind Construction JV, LLC.

On Nov. 15th Assistant Secretary Anne White addressed participants at EM’s 17th Annual Intergovernmental Meeting.

OREM and cleanup contractor UCOR have safely completed the demolition of the K-1232 Chemical Recovery Facility at the East Tennessee Technology Park.

Whether it’s minerals in your sprinkler pipes or a buildup of grease in your kitchen drain, the concept and concern are the same.

EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is known worldwide as a nuclear waste repository.

Workers in Hanford’s tank farms have begun using new personal monitors to provide further protection from potential exposure to chemical vapors.

EM recently named Mark Gilbertson as its Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary.

A program that helps shape future candidates for EM’s workforce recently inducted 10 FIU students as the DOE Fellows Class of 2018.

For three decades, the Effluent Treatment Facility (ETF) has treated more than 450 million gallons of wastewater at the Savannah River Site (SRS).

An EM-sponsored scientist has been selected for the 2019 Waste Management Symposia (WMS) Young Professional Award.

EM federal and contractor officials from the Savannah River Site (SRS) recently shared business opportunities in the cleanup program.

DOE OREM and cleanup contractor UCOR have completed demolition of the West Column Exchange equipment at the Y-12 National Security Complex.

EM federal & contractor employees across DOE donated tens of thousands of pounds of food for people in need during the annual Feds Feed Families.

ORP and contractor WRPS are starting to get to the bottom of things when it comes to learning more about Hanford’s double-shell liquid waste tanks.

Employees from EM Richland Operations Office contractor MSA and their families pitched in for people in need this Thanksgiving holiday.

EM and cleanup contractor Fluor Idaho recently completed the third and final shipment of lightly irradiated fuel elements.

Employees from DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) spoke with freshmen and sophomores enrolled in computer science classes.

Workers at EM’s WVDP held its annual food drive last week, a tradition that has delivered more than 1.8 million pounds of food to people in need.

EM recently completed several infrastructure improvements aimed at ensuring safety, health, & security at the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant.

We will not be publishing an EM Update newsletter on Tuesday, Nov. 27. We will return to our regular publishing schedule on Tuesday, Dec. 4.

The DOE today issued a RFI/Sources Sought for the EM Idaho Cleanup Project - Radioactive Waste Management Complex Closure and Other Mission Objectives

DOE today issued a Request for Information/Sources Sought for the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (GDP) Decontamination and Decommissioning Project

A comparison of aerial photos of Hanford’s C Tank Farm highlights the significant progress to dismantle site infrastructure.

EM Assistant Secretary Anne White joined EM early career professionals for lunch Nov. 8 at DOE headquarters.

The safety challenges and successes of EM’s liquid waste cleanup mission at the Savannah River Site (SRS) were among the key themes of a recent event.