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The Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant’s High-Level Waste Facility Research and Technology team completed an important test two months ahead of the milestone schedule at The Catholic University of America’s Vitreous State Laboratory in Washington, D.C. July 21, 2026
Idaho Cleanup Project crews safely removed a crane house from atop a historic Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program prototype recently, marking an important step toward completing above-ground demolition of the facility. July 21, 2026
An innovative workaround enables the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management to advance its highest priority cleanup project at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and save taxpayers $175 million. July 21, 2026
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management recently launched the demolition of a facility used in historic nuclear fuel reprocessing operations at the West Valley Demonstration Project. July 21, 2026
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management Paducah Site and the West McCracken Fire Department have benefited from a mutual aid agreement to enhance emergency response capabilities since 2019. July 21, 2026
The U.S. Department of Energy and its regulatory partners have launched a new planning framework that reshapes how cleanup work at the Hanford Site is prioritized and delivered. July 21, 2026
About 300 fewer high-level waste canisters will need to be poured at the Savannah River Site to complete the legacy cleanup mission, thanks to more waste being added per canister and a processing opportunity realized. July 21, 2026
Partnerships with two Idaho Falls-based small businesses through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Mentor-Protégé Program benefit the Idaho Cleanup Project and contractor Idaho Environmental Coalition by helping maintain a highly skilled, qualified workforce trained in radiological safety. July 21, 2026
Office of Environmental Management experts were essential to four recent criticality milestones for advanced reactors, helping the U.S. Department of Energy surpass a July 4th goal outlined by President Trump in a May 2025 executive order. July 14, 2026
The Idaho Cleanup Project will help transfer used nuclear fuel to the Idaho National Laboratory Site from the Breazeale Research Reactor at Penn State University in coming months. July 14, 2026