EM News Archive

Workers recently removed a former pump-and-treat system at EM’s West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) site, allowing for continued cleanup progress

Emergency response personnel at EM’s West Valley Demonstration Project site trained employees on confined space rescue last week.

Assistant Secretary Anne White visited some of the United Kingdom's nuclear facilities last week as part of a DOE delegation.

Recently, EM workers for the first time removed equipment contaminated with plutonium once used to power deep space missions.

Last week, workers began pulling up the foundation slab of the former K-29 gaseous diffusion uranium enrichment building.

Worker-driven improvements led crews to treat a record amount of groundwater at the Hanford Site in FY2018 at the lowest cost per gallon in 5 years.

EM and its liquid waste contractor at SRS are putting practice into action before tackling significant projects.

EM’s ORP and contractor BNI recently installed two 40-ton process cell pipe racks into the Effluent Management Facility (EMF).

The EM Portsmouth Site’s ninth annual Science Alliance event recently drew a record number of participants from southern Ohio schools.

SRS recently achieved a company record by surpassing 10 million hours, or just over two years, without injury resulting in a missed day of work.

A 64-percent reduction in active burrows — or homes — for burrowing owls, a candidate for listing as a threatened or endangered species in Washington

EM and its cleanup contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project partnered with the local volunteer fire company to conduct fire safety training

On Oct. 18, government officials and local residents opened the doors to the new home for the American Museum of Science and Energy.

SRS crews recently completed onsite startup testing for an EM project designed to accelerate removal of radioactive waste from underground tanks.

EM’s ORP and tank farms contractor WRPS are navigating tight spaces in Hanford’s A and AX tank farms as preparations continue for waste retrievals.

More than 3,000 federal & contractor employees visited nearly 70 informational booths focused on SRS's safety culture during an annual expo last week.

Workers at the Hanford Site continue to make significant strides toward moving nearly 2,000 radioactive capsules to dry storage.

More than 100 students and young professionals gathered with experts to discuss nuclear industry growth and America’s energy future.

EM's contractor Savannah River Remediation earned the title of National Cyber Security Awareness Champion for the fourth consecutive year.

EM’s ORP safely finished energizing the Analytical Laboratory at Hanford’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) recently.

Workers continued cleanup progress after recently removing a 2,000-pound dust collector from a facility slated for demolition at EM’s WVDP Site.

It’s nearly impossible to see the integrity of metal plates that form the base of the DSTs buried at Hanford, but hearing them may help researchers.

EM gave its D&D contractor at the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Ohio a “good” evaluation.

EM recently announced the appointment of seven industry leaders to DOE’s EMAB. They join 11 returning board members.

The National Safety Council recognized two safety managers with DOE’s OREM cleanup contractor as 2018 Rising Stars of Safety.